Where does “Kreiswehrersatzamt” come from?

Kreiswehrersatzamt (German) comes from German Wehrersatzamt, from German Ersatz, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, from Old High German irsezzen, from Proto-Germanic *uʀsattjan, from Proto-Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Kreiswehrersatzamt (German): district recruiting office

Definitions

  1. district recruiting office

Ancestry of “Kreiswehrersatzamt”, step by step

Kreiswehrersatzamt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wehrersatzamt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWehrersatzamtrecruiting office
2GermanErsatzreplacement, substitute; compensation
3Germanersetzento replace, to substitute
4Middle High Germanersetzen
5Old High Germanirsezzen
6Proto-Germanic*uʀsattjan
7Proto-Germanic*sattjan
8Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
9Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
10Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
11Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via German Kreis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKreiscircle; range, scope; a type of territorial...
2Middle High Germankreiz
3Old High Germankreiz
4Proto-GermanickraitazA scoring; circle; ring
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti