Where does “Schuldenschnitt” come from?
Schuldenschnitt (German) comes from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz.
Schuldenschnitt (German): debt relief
Ancestry of “Schuldenschnitt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | schnitt | first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | snit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | snit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *snid | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *snidaz | — |