Where does “Mehraufwand” come from?

Mehraufwand (German) comes from German Aufwand, from German aufwenden, from German auf-, from German auf, from Middle High German ūf, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub.

Mehraufwand (German): additional expense

Definitions

  1. additional expense

Ancestry of “Mehraufwand”, step by step

Mehraufwand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Aufwand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufwandexpense; expenditure
2Germanaufwendento spend, to apply, to expend
3Germanauf-A separable prefix; similar to English up up-;...
4Germanaufon, upon; on, onto, up; on
5Middle High Germanūfon, upon
6Old High Germanūfup
7Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
8Proto-Germanicubunder
9Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

via German Mehr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMehrincrease, excess; majority
2Middle High Germanmere
3Old High Germanmēromore
4Proto-West Germanic*maiʀōmore, larger
5Proto-Germanicmaizôcomparative degree of *mikilaz; more
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmē-to measure; endeavour, will, temper; many
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Germanic ub
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