Where does “Schreibtischtäter” come from?
Schreibtischtäter (German) comes from German Schreibtisch, from German tisch, from Middle High German tisch, from Old High German tisc, from Proto-West Germanic disk, from Latin discus, from Proto-Italic diskō, from Proto-Italic dikskō — take; perceive.
Schreibtischtäter (German): a mastermind; a person who arranges for the...
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Ancestry of “Schreibtischtäter”, step by step
Schreibtischtäter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schreibtisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schreibtisch | desk |
| 2 | German | tisch | table a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level; specific uses include |
| 3 | Middle High German | tisch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | tisc | plate |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | disk | dish |
| 6 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |
via German Täter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Täter | doer; "evildoer"; delinquent, offender |
| 2 | German | Missetäter | malefactor |
| 3 | German | missetāt | iniquity, misdeed evil, sinful, dishonorable deed |
| 4 | Middle High German | missetāt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | mistāt | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | missadēdiz | misdeed, wrongful act |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | dēdiz | deed, act; doing, able to do, active |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁tis | act of putting, placement |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |