Where does “Reallohnsenkung” come from?
Reallohnsenkung (German) comes from German Real, from Latin reālis, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Reallohnsenkung (German): real wage reduction a decrease in wages after adjusting for inflation, resulting in a loss of purchasing power even if nominal wages remain stable or increase slightly
Definitions
- real wage reduction a decrease in wages after adjusting for inflation, resulting in a loss of purchasing power even if nominal wages remain stable or increase slightly
Ancestry of “Reallohnsenkung”, step by step
Reallohnsenkung traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Real
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Real | real former Spanish currency unit |
| 2 | Latin | reālis | real |
| 3 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 4 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 5 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 6 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Lohn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lohn | wage; reward |
| 2 | Middle High German | lôn | — |
| 3 | English | loan | An act or instance of lending, an act or instance... |
| 4 | Scottish Gaelic | lòn | pool |
| 5 | Middle Irish | lon | — |
| 6 | Old Irish | lón | fat; provision, food, victuals, sustenance; feast |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *lawano- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |
via German Senkung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Senkung | dip, reduction, lowering, drop, fall, descent;... |
| 2 | German | senken | to lower |
| 3 | Old High German | senken | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sankwijaną | to cause to sink |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |