Where does “Sachverhaltsquetsche” come from?

Sachverhaltsquetsche (German) comes from German Sachverhalt, from German Verhalt, from German verhalten, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

Sachverhaltsquetsche (German): reading circumstances into the case description that aren’t reasonably likely any more

Definitions

  1. reading circumstances into the case description that aren’t reasonably likely any more

Ancestry of “Sachverhaltsquetsche”, step by step

Sachverhaltsquetsche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sachverhalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSachverhaltcircumstance (surrounding the facts), factual findings
2GermanVerhaltbehaviour
3Germanverhaltenrestrained; to behave; to be
4Germanhaltento hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to...
5EnglishhaltTo limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in...
6Middle EnglishhaltLimping, lame, crippled
7Old Englishhealtlame, limping
8Proto-West Germanichaltlame, halt
9Proto-Germanichaltazlame, halt
10Proto-Indo-Europeankol-d-
11Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via German Quetsche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanQuetschea method, application or instance of squeezing
2Germanquetschento squeeze, to squish
3Middle High Germanquetzen
4Old Frenchquasserto break; to annul; to quash
5Latinquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake
6Latin-tōForms here
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel-