Where does “Ressourcenknappheit” come from?
Ressourcenknappheit (German) comes from German Ressource, from French ressource, from Old French ressourdre, from Latin resurgere, from Latin surgere, from Latin surgo, from Latin subrigo, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Ressourcenknappheit (German): resource scarcity, scarcity of resources a situation where the demand for a resource exceeds its available supply
Definitions
- resource scarcity, scarcity of resources a situation where the demand for a resource exceeds its available supply
Ancestry of “Ressourcenknappheit”, step by step
Ressourcenknappheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ressource
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ressource | resource |
| 2 | French | ressource | resource |
| 3 | Old French | ressourdre | — |
| 4 | Latin | resurgere | present active infinitive of resurgō; rise again;... |
| 5 | Latin | surgere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | surgo | I rise, get up, I arise; I lift up, I straighten |
| 7 | Latin | subrigo | I lift up, I straighten |
| 8 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via German Knappheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Knappheit | scarcity, shortage |
| 2 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 4 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |