Where does “Staatsbegräbnis” come from?
Staatsbegräbnis (German) comes from German Begräbnis, from German begraben, from Middle High German begraben, from Old High German bigraban, from Proto-Germanic bigrabaną, from Proto-Germanic bi-, from Proto-Germanic bi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi — on, onto.
Staatsbegräbnis (German): state funeral
Definitions
- state funeral
Ancestry of “Staatsbegräbnis”, step by step
Staatsbegräbnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Begräbnis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Begräbnis | funeral, burial |
| 2 | German | begraben | to bury |
| 3 | Middle High German | begraben | — |
| 4 | Old High German | bigraban | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bigrabaną | to bury, inter, engrave |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German Staat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 4 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |