Where does “Prämienzahlung” come from?
Prämienzahlung (German) comes from German Zählung, from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Prämienzahlung (German): premium payment, bonus payment the act of paying a bonus or the amount paid as an incentive or reward
Definitions
- premium payment, bonus payment the act of paying a bonus or the amount paid as an incentive or reward
Ancestry of “Prämienzahlung”, step by step
Prämienzahlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zählung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zählung | count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via German Prämie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Prämie | bonus; premium |
| 2 | Latin | praemia | nominative plural of praemium; accusative plural... |
| 3 | Latin | praemium | profit derived from booty, booty; profit,... |
| 4 | Latin | prae- | before; in front; in charge |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | prai- | pre-, before |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |