Where does “Sperrfrist” come from?
Sperrfrist (German) comes from German frist, from Middle High German vrist, from Old High German frist, from Proto-Germanic fristiz, from Proto-Indo-European pres-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Sperrfrist (German): lock-up period, holding period a period during which investors or insiders are prohibited from selling their shares, often after an IPO
Definitions
- lock-up period, holding period a period during which investors or insiders are prohibited from selling their shares, often after an IPO
Ancestry of “Sperrfrist”, step by step
Sperrfrist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German frist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | frist | term, period time limit, deadline |
| 2 | Middle High German | vrist | — |
| 3 | Old High German | frist | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fristiz | an appointed time; date |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pres- | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German sperren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sperren | to bar; to space out the letters of a word or... |
| 2 | Middle High German | sperren | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sperran | to put up rafters, beams; to barricade |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijaną | to bar, to block |