Where does “Spätdienst” come from?

Spätdienst (German) comes from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

Spätdienst (German): late shift

Definitions

  1. late shift

Ancestry of “Spätdienst”, step by step

Spätdienst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German spät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspätlate
2Middle High Germanspǣte
3Old High Germanspāti
4Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
5Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via German dienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandienstsecond-person singular present of dienen
2Middle High Germandienst
3Old High Germandionest
4Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
5Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-sEvery word from Proto-Germanic spēdiz