Where does “Patentlösung” come from?
Patentlösung (German) comes from German Lösung, from Middle High German lœsunge, from Old High German lōsunga, from Old High German lōsen, from Proto-Germanic lausijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Ancestry of “Patentlösung”, step by step
Patentlösung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lösung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lösung | solution; cancellation; breaking away |
| 2 | Middle High German | lœsunge | — |
| 3 | Old High German | lōsunga | deliverance, redemption |
| 4 | Old High German | lōsen | to make free |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lausijaną | to make loose; to release, to set free |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |