Where does “Leistungsbeschreibung” come from?
Leistungsbeschreibung (German) comes from German Beschreibung, from German beschreiben, from German schreiben, from Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō — to write.
Leistungsbeschreibung (German): statement of work A narrative description of a project's work requirement
Definitions
- statement of work A narrative description of a project's work requirement
Ancestry of “Leistungsbeschreibung”, step by step
Leistungsbeschreibung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Beschreibung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beschreibung | description |
| 2 | German | beschreiben | to describe; to write on; to write to |
| 3 | German | schreiben | to write, write out; to spell, spell out; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | schrīben | — |
| 5 | Old High German | scrīban | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | skrīban | to write |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skrībaną | to write |
| 8 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |
via German Leistung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Leistung | performance, accomplishment; service; contractual... |
| 2 | German | leisten | to perform; to afford |
| 3 | Middle High German | leisten | — |
| 4 | Old High German | leisten | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | laistijaną | to follow, to track; to pursue |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |