Where does “Mindestkenntnis” come from?

Mindestkenntnis (German) comes from German Kenntnis, from Middle High German kenntnisse.

Mindestkenntnis (German): minimum skills

Definitions

  1. minimum skills

Ancestry of “Mindestkenntnis”, step by step

Mindestkenntnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kenntnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKenntnisknowledge; awareness; science
2Middle High Germankenntnisse—

via German mindest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmindestsuperlative degree of minder
Every word from Middle High German kenntnisse →