Where does “Reallohnsteigerung” come from?
Reallohnsteigerung (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.
Reallohnsteigerung (German): real wage increase an increase in nominal wages that remains after accounting for inflation, representing an actual growth in purchasing power
Definitions
- real wage increase an increase in nominal wages that remains after accounting for inflation, representing an actual growth in purchasing power
Ancestry of “Reallohnsteigerung”, step by step
Reallohnsteigerung 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 Steigerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Steigerung | increase; comparison |
| 2 | German | steigern | to increase, to raise; to boost, to improve, to... |
| 3 | German | steigen | to ascend, to climb, to rise; to rise; to enter,... |
| 4 | Middle High German | stîgen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | stīgan | to climb up, ascend |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stīgan | to climb, to ascend |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stīganą | to go up; climb, ascend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stéygʰeti | to be walking; to be climbing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |
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 |