Where does “Preisfeststellung” come from?

Preisfeststellung (German) comes from German Feststellung, from German feststellen, from Luxembourgish fest-, from German fëst, from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

Preisfeststellung (German): price determination; fixing the process of determining the official price of a security or commodity on an exchange

Definitions

  1. price determination; fixing the process of determining the official price of a security or commodity on an exchange

Ancestry of “Preisfeststellung”, step by step

Preisfeststellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Feststellung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeststellungdetermination
2Germanfeststellento notice, to realize; to determine, to...
3Luxembourgishfest-firm, steady
4Germanfëst
5Middle High Germanfëst
6Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
7LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
8Proto-Italicfēstos

via German preis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpreissingular imperative of preisen
2Latinpretiumworth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,...
3Proto-Italicpretjom
4Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos