Where does “Schaffenskraft” come from?
Schaffenskraft (German) comes from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Schaffenskraft (German): creativity, creative power
Definitions
- creativity, creative power
Ancestry of “Schaffenskraft”, step by step
Schaffenskraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via German schaffen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schaffen | to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to... |
| 2 | Middle High German | schaffen | to make, create |
| 3 | Old High German | scaffan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skappjan | to make, to create |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |