Where does “Spekulationsblase” come from?
Spekulationsblase (German) comes from German Spekulation, from Middle Dutch speculacie, from Latin speculātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Spekulationsblase (German): speculative bubble, economic bubble a situation in which asset prices significantly exceed their intrinsic value, driven by exuberant market behavior
Definitions
- speculative bubble, economic bubble a situation in which asset prices significantly exceed their intrinsic value, driven by exuberant market behavior
Ancestry of “Spekulationsblase”, step by step
Spekulationsblase traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spekulation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spekulation | speculation |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | speculacie | — |
| 3 | Latin | speculātiō | watching, spying |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German blāse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blāse | bubble |
| 2 | Middle High German | blāse | — |
| 3 | Old High German | blāsa | — |
| 4 | German | blasen | to blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex |
| 5 | Middle High German | blāsen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | blāsan | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | blāsan | to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | blēsaną | to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰléh₁- | to bleat |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |