Where does “Samtgemeinde” come from?

Samtgemeinde (German) comes from German samt, from Middle High German samīt, from Old French samit, from Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτον, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Samtgemeinde (German): chiefly Northern German joint municipal association an administrative division in Lower Saxony

Definitions

  1. chiefly Northern German joint municipal association an administrative division in Lower Saxony

Ancestry of “Samtgemeinde”, step by step

Samtgemeinde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German samt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansamttogether with; Only used in samt und sonders
2Middle High Germansamīt
3Old Frenchsamitsamite
4Latinsamitum
5Ancient Greekἑξάμιτον
6Ancient Greekἕξsix
7Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via German gemeinde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangemeindemunicipality
2Middle High Germangemeinde
3Old High Germangemeinida
4Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
5Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Proto-Hellenic hwéksEvery word from Ancient Greek ἕξ