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Where does “Rauschgiftdezernat” come from?

Rauschgiftdezernat (German) comes from German Rauschgift, from German gift, from Middle High German gift, from Old High German gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

Rauschgiftdezernat (German): drug division; division of a police force that...

Definitions

  1. drug division; division of a police force that...

Ancestry of “Rauschgiftdezernat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRauschgiftdrug, narcotic; dope
2Germangift—
3Middle High Germangiftgift, something given
4Old High Germangiftgift
5Proto-West Germanic*gifti—
6Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
7Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give
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