Where does “Lehrgegenstand” come from?

Lehrgegenstand (German) comes from German gegenstand, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

Lehrgegenstand (German): material that is taught in a lesson

Definitions

  1. material that is taught in a lesson

Ancestry of “Lehrgegenstand”, step by step

Lehrgegenstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gegenstand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangegenstandobject, item, thing, article
2LatinobiectumA charge, accusation
3Latinobiectusoffered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed
4Latinobiciōto throw or put to, towards, in front of or before
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

via German lehren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlehrento teach a class, a subject; to be a teacher; to...
2Middle High Germanlēren
3Old High Germanlērento teach
4Proto-West Germaniclaiʀijanto teach
5Proto-Germaniclaizijanąto teach
6Proto-Indo-Europeanloyséyeti
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleysto trace; to track
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-
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