Where does “Machtstruktur” come from?
Machtstruktur (German) comes from German macht, from Middle High German maht, from Old High German maht, from Proto-West Germanic mahti, from Proto-Germanic mahtiz, from Proto-Germanic mahtuz, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- — to be able.
Machtstruktur (German): power structure
Definitions
- power structure
Ancestry of “Machtstruktur”, step by step
Machtstruktur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German macht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | macht | third-person singular present of machen;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | maht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | maht | might |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via German Struktur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Struktur | structure |
| 2 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 3 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |