Where does “Schadensmeldung” come from?

Schadensmeldung (German) comes from German Meldung, from German melden, from Middle High German melden, from Old Dutch meldon, from Proto-West Germanic melþōn, from Proto-Germanic *melþōną.

Schadensmeldung (German): malfunction message

Definitions

  1. malfunction message

Ancestry of “Schadensmeldung”, step by step

Schadensmeldung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Meldung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMeldungreport; notification; message
2Germanmeldento report; to tell on; to put one's hand up
3Middle High Germanmelden—
4Old Dutchmeldon—
5Proto-West Germanicmelþōnto specify; point out; show; to inform; divulge;...
6Proto-Germanic*melþōną—

via German schaden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschadento hurt, to be harmful; to damage, to harm, to...
2Middle High Germanschaden—
3Old High Germanscadōn—
4Proto-Germanicskaþōnąto injure, harm, damage
5Proto-Germanicskaþôdamage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer
6Proto-Indo-Europeansket-to injure
Every word from Proto-Germanic *melþōną →