Where does “Nachlassempfänger” come from?
Nachlassempfänger (German) comes from German Nachlass, from German nachlassen, from German nach-, from German nach, from Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-Germanic nēhwiz, from Proto-Germanic nēhw — to reach, to attain.
Nachlassempfänger (German): heir
Definitions
- heir
Ancestry of “Nachlassempfänger”, step by step
Nachlassempfänger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Nachlass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nachlass | heritage; discount |
| 2 | German | nachlassen | to abate; to discount, mark down |
| 3 | German | nach- | indicates a later action as in nacharbeiten,... |
| 4 | German | nach | after, past; after, behind; to, towards |
| 5 | Middle High German | nāh | — |
| 6 | Old High German | nāh | near, close; close, near |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwiz | closer, nearer |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nēhw | near, close |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwaz | near, close |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂nḗḱwos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂neḱ- | to reach, to attain |
via German Empfänger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Empfänger | agent noun of empfangen |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |