Where does “Schadenbegrenzung” come from?
Schadenbegrenzung (German) comes from German Begrenzung, from German begrenzen, from German grenzen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.
Schadenbegrenzung (German): damage control the limiting of damage resulting from an action when damage cannot be avoided
Definitions
- damage control the limiting of damage resulting from an action when damage cannot be avoided
Ancestry of “Schadenbegrenzung”, step by step
Schadenbegrenzung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Begrenzung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Begrenzung | margin, boundary, limit, border; demarcation;... |
| 2 | German | begrenzen | to limit, to delimit, to restrict, to confine |
| 3 | German | grenzen | to border |
| 4 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 5 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 6 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |