Where does “Schicksalsgemeinschaft” come from?
Schicksalsgemeinschaft (German) comes from German schicksal, from German schicken, from Middle High German schicken, from Middle High German geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek- — to pass, happen.
Schicksalsgemeinschaft (German): community of fate, a group of people who are bound (temporarily or for good) by a shared destiny
Definitions
- community of fate, a group of people who are bound (temporarily or for good) by a shared destiny
Ancestry of “Schicksalsgemeinschaft”, step by step
Schicksalsgemeinschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German schicksal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schicksal | destiny, fate irresistible power that predetermines events |
| 2 | German | schicken | to send; to hurry; to be decent, to be... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schicken | to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately |
| 4 | Middle High German | geschehen | to happen, rush |
| 5 | Old High German | giskehan | to happen |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *skehan | to move quickly |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | to pass, happen |
via German Gemeinschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gemeinschaft | community, collective |
| 2 | German | Schaft | shaft |
| 3 | Old High German | scaft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skaft | shaft |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skaftaz | shaft |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skeh₂p- | rod, shaft, staff, club |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kep- | to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,... |