Where does “Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz” come from?
Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz (German) comes from German Kontrolle, from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula, from Arabic رَطْل, from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ — ingot.
Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz (German): (law concerning production and acquisition of weapons of war)
Definitions
- (law concerning production and acquisition of weapons of war)
Ancestry of “Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz”, step by step
Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kontrolle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kontrolle | inspection; control |
| 2 | French | contrôle | control; test; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | contrerole | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | contrarotulum | a counter-roll or register used to verify... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | rotulus | a roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a... |
| 6 | Latin | rotula | a small wheel; roll |
| 7 | Arabic | رَطْل | — |
| 8 | Classical Syriac | ܪܝܛܠܐ | — |
| 9 | Classical Syriac | ܠܝܛܪܐ | libra, pound |
| 10 | French | litre | litre |
| 11 | Medieval Latin | litra | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | λίτρα | litra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | *līðrā | ingot |
via German Gesetz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gesetz | law, act, bill, statute |
| 2 | Middle High German | gesetze | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gisezzida | fixing, determination, assessment; establishment,... |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via German Kriegswaffe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kriegswaffe | weapon of war, military weapon (weapon produced for warfare and military conflict) |
| 2 | German | krieg | singular imperative of kriegen |
| 3 | Middle High German | kriec | exertion; enmity; opposition |
| 4 | Old High German | krig | stubbornness; defiance |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |