Where does “Staatsangehörigkeit” come from?
Staatsangehörigkeit (German) comes from German Angehörigkeit, from German angehörig, from German angehören, from German gehören, from Middle High German gehœren, from Old High German gihōrian, from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic gahauzijaną — whale, sea monster; abyss.
Staatsangehörigkeit (German): nationality, citizenship
Ancestry of “Staatsangehörigkeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Angehörigkeit | membership, affiliation |
| 2 | German | angehörig | affiliated; belonging |
| 3 | German | angehören | To belong to |
| 4 | German | gehören | to belong to, be the property of; to be a... |
| 5 | Middle High German | gehœren | listen to, obey |
| 6 | Old High German | gihōrian | to hearken to |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gahauʀijan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gahauzijaną | to listen, hear |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |