Where does “Staatsfonds” come from?

Staatsfonds (German) comes from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.

Staatsfonds (German): sovereign wealth fund a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets

Definitions

  1. sovereign wealth fund a state-owned investment fund that invests in real and financial assets

Ancestry of “Staatsfonds”, step by step

Staatsfonds traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Staat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStaatcountry; state; state; authorities; state
2Middle Low Germanstāt—
3Middle Dutchstaetinflection of stâen: ## third-person singular...
4Old Frenchestatstate; government; condition
5Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
6Latinstōto stand
7Proto-Italicstaēōstand
8Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
9Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via German Fonds

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFondsfund
2Frenchfondsplural of fond; fund, funds; resources
3Old Frenchfunz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →