Where does “Schwarzweißdenken” come from?

Schwarzweißdenken (German) comes from German schwarzweiß, from German Schwärz, from Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-West Germanic swart, from Proto-Germanic swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European swordo- — dirty, dark, black.

Schwarzweißdenken (German): black-and-white thinking

Definitions

  1. black-and-white thinking

Ancestry of “Schwarzweißdenken”, step by step

Schwarzweißdenken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schwarzweiß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwarzweißblack-and-white
2GermanSchwärz—
3Middle High Germanswarz—
4Old High Germanswarzblack
5Proto-West Germanicswartblack
6Proto-Germanicswartazblack
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswordo-dirty, dark, black

via German denken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandenkento think; to think about; not to forget; to...
2Middle High Germandenken—
3Old High Germandenkento think
4Proto-West Germanicþankijanto think
5Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swordo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic swartaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic swart →