Where does “Mitarbeiterin” come from?

Mitarbeiterin (German) comes from German Mitarbeiter, from German mit-, from German mit, from Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic midi, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂ — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Mitarbeiterin (German): associate, employee, colleague

Definitions

  1. associate, employee, colleague

Ancestry of “Mitarbeiterin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMitarbeiteremployee, person who works, with others, in a...
2Germanmit-a prefix of nearly unlimited productivity,...
3Germanmitwith; with, by; at
4Middle High Germanmite
5Old High Germanmitwith
6Proto-West Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together; middle, mid
7Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
9Proto-Indo-Europeanin the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European meth₂Every word from Proto-Germanic midi