Where does “Selbsterhaltung” come from?
Selbsterhaltung (German) comes from German Erhaltung, from German erhalten, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.
Selbsterhaltung (German): self-preservation
Definitions
- self-preservation
Ancestry of “Selbsterhaltung”, step by step
Selbsterhaltung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erhaltung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erhaltung | maintenance, preservation |
| 2 | German | erhalten | to receive; to receive, to win; to maintain, to... |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |