Where does “Problemlösung” come from?
Problemlösung (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.
Problemlösung (German): troubleshooting
Definitions
- troubleshooting
Ancestry of “Problemlösung”, step by step
Problemlösung 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 |
via German Problem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Problem | problem |
| 2 | Latin | problēma | problem, puzzle, enigma, question proposed for solution |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρόβλημα | anything thrown forward or projecting; anything... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | προβάλλω | to throw or lay before, throw to; to put forward... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό- | in front of; before |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |