Where does “Kurfürstenrat” come from?
Kurfürstenrat (German) comes from German Kurfürst, from German Fürst, from Middle Low German vurste, from Old High German furisto, from Proto-Germanic furist, from Proto-Germanic furistaz, from Proto-Germanic furi, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂- — passed , crossed.
Kurfürstenrat (German): College of Electors. (The College of Electors of the Holy Roman Empire)
Definitions
- College of Electors. (The College of Electors of the Holy Roman Empire)
Ancestry of “Kurfürstenrat”, step by step
Kurfürstenrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kurfürst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kurfürst | Elector, prince-elector (see Wikipedia), a member of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire |
| 2 | German | Fürst | prince |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vurste | — |
| 4 | Old High German | furisto | prince |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furist | at first, firstly, in the first place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furistaz | first, foremost |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | furi | for, before; before, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German rät
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rät | third-person singular present of raten |
| 2 | Middle High German | rāt | advice, a piece of advice, counsel |
| 3 | Old High German | rāt | advice, council; advise |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |