Where does “Polizeihund” come from?

Polizeihund (German) comes from German Polizei, from Catalan policia, from Late Latin politia, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Polizeihund (German): police dog

Definitions

  1. police dog

Ancestry of “Polizeihund”, step by step

Polizeihund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Polizei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPolizeipolice
2Catalanpoliciapolice; policeman, policewoman
3Late Latinpolitiacitizenship; government; state, government
4Latinpolītīastate, government, administration
5Ancient Greekπολιτείαthe relation in which a citizen stands to the...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via German hund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhunddog, hound
2Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
3Old High Germanhuntdog
4Proto-West Germanichunddog
5Proto-Germanichundazdog
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της
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