Where does “Schlechterstellung” come from?

Schlechterstellung (German) comes from German Stellung, from German Stellen, from Middle High German stellen, from Old High German stellen, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

Schlechterstellung (German): worse position, worsening (of financial or social status)

Definitions

  1. worse position, worsening (of financial or social status)

Ancestry of “Schlechterstellung”, step by step

Schlechterstellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stellung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStellungposition
2GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
3Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
4Old High Germanstellen—
5Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via German schlechter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschlechterworse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Old High German stellen →