Where does “Mindeststrafe” come from?

Mindeststrafe (German) comes from German strāfe, from Middle High German strāfe, from Proto-Germanic *strēpōn.

Mindeststrafe (German): minimum sentence, minimum penalty, minimum fine

Definitions

  1. minimum sentence, minimum penalty, minimum fine

Ancestry of “Mindeststrafe”, step by step

Mindeststrafe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German strāfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstrāfepunishment
2Middle High Germanstrāfe—
3Proto-Germanic*strēpōn—

via German mindest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmindestsuperlative degree of minder
Every word from Proto-Germanic *strēpōn →