Where does “Mehrheitsregierung” come from?

Mehrheitsregierung (German) comes from German Mehrheit, from Dutch meerderheid, from Dutch meerder, from Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mêer, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic mārī, from Proto-Germanic mari — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

Mehrheitsregierung (German): majority government (government backed by more than half of votes in parliament)

Definitions

  1. majority government (government backed by more than half of votes in parliament)

Ancestry of “Mehrheitsregierung”, step by step

Mehrheitsregierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mehrheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMehrheitmajority; bulk; majority; plurality
2Dutchmeerderheidmajority
3Dutchmeerdergreater, superior
4Dutchmeerlake; sea; comparative degree of veel; more
5Middle Dutchmêerborder, boundary
6Old Dutchmeriborder, boundary
7Proto-West Germanicmārīfamous; story, tale; message
8Proto-Germanicmarisea, ocean; lake, body of water
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

via German Regierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRegierunggovernment
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
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