Where does “Schattenregierung” come from?

Schattenregierung (German) comes from German Schatten, from Middle High German schate, from Old High German scato, from Proto-West Germanic skadu, from Proto-Germanic skaduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Schattenregierung (German): shadow government

Definitions

  1. shadow government

Ancestry of “Schattenregierung”, step by step

Schattenregierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schatten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchattenshade, shadow
2Middle High Germanschate—
3Old High Germanscatoshade, shadow
4Proto-West Germanicskadushadow
5Proto-Germanicskaduza shadow
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via German Regierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRegierunggovernment
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
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