Where does “Liquiditätsfalle” come from?
Liquiditätsfalle (German) comes from German Falle, from German fällen, from Middle High German vellen, from Old High German fellen, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic fallijaną, from Proto-Germanic fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European pōl- — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
Liquiditätsfalle (German): liquidity trap a situation in which injections of cash into the banking system by a central bank fail to lower interest rates or stimulate economic growth, because people prefer to hoard cash
Definitions
- liquidity trap a situation in which injections of cash into the banking system by a central bank fail to lower interest rates or stimulate economic growth, because people prefer to hoard cash
Ancestry of “Liquiditätsfalle”, step by step
Liquiditätsfalle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Falle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Falle | trap; bed; dative singular of Fall |
| 2 | German | fällen | to cut down, to fell; to precipitate; to make |
| 3 | Middle High German | vellen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | fellen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *fallijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 9 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |
via German Liquidität
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Liquidität | liquidity |
| 2 | English | liquid | A substance that is flowing, and keeping no... |
| 3 | Middle English | liquide | liquid; fluid, flowing, unconstrained |
| 4 | Old French | liquide | liquid |
| 5 | Latin | liquidus | liquid, fluid, flowing; clear, transparent,... |
| 6 | Latin | liqueō | to be liquid, fluid |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wlikʷēō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wleykʷ- | moist, to wet |