Where does “Orientierungsmarsch” come from?
Orientierungsmarsch (German) comes from German Orientierung, from German orientieren, from French orienter, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
Orientierungsmarsch (German): a training march where the participants must determine their route themselves (by means of maps, compasses, etc.), usually through mixed terrain, with a rifle, tactical gear, and full rucksack, and with the obligation to support and carry exhausted or injured comrades (thus combined with a Geländema
Definitions
- a training march where the participants must determine their route themselves (by means of maps, compasses, etc.), usually through mixed terrain, with a rifle, tactical gear, and full rucksack, and with the obligation to support and carry exhausted or injured comrades (thus combined with a Geländema
Ancestry of “Orientierungsmarsch”, step by step
Orientierungsmarsch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Orientierung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Orientierung | orientation |
| 2 | German | orientieren | to orient oneself; to orientate oneself |
| 3 | French | orienter | to orientate; to set to north; to guide |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German marsch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | marsch | march |
| 2 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |