Where does “Schuldeingeständnis” come from?
Schuldeingeständnis (German) comes from German Eingeständnis, from German eingestehen, from German gestehen, from German ge-, from Middle High German ge-, from Old High German ga-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin.
Schuldeingeständnis (German): admission of guilt; confession of guilt; mea...
Definitions
- admission of guilt; confession of guilt; mea...
Ancestry of “Schuldeingeständnis”, step by step
Schuldeingeständnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Eingeständnis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Eingeständnis | admission, confession, concession |
| 2 | German | eingestehen | To admit, confess, concede, acknowledge |
| 3 | German | gestehen | to confess |
| 4 | German | ge- | Forms collective nouns, almost always neuter... |
| 5 | Middle High German | ge- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ga- | with |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via German Schuld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schuld | debt; fault; guilt |
| 2 | Middle High German | schult | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sculd | debt |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skuldi | obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skuldiz | obligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skéltis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱel- | to be obligated, owe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |