Where does “Schuldzuweisung” come from?
Schuldzuweisung (German) comes from German Zuweisung, from German zuweisen, from German weisen, from Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Schuldzuweisung (German): blame game, accusation, finger-pointing
Definitions
- blame game, accusation, finger-pointing
Ancestry of “Schuldzuweisung”, step by step
Schuldzuweisung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zuweisung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zuweisung | assignment |
| 2 | German | zuweisen | to assign |
| 3 | German | weisen | to point; to indicate; to show |
| 4 | Middle High German | wīsen | to teach |
| 5 | Old High German | wīsen | to indicate, show |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |