Where does “Staatskanzlei” come from?
Staatskanzlei (German) comes from German Kanzlei, from Middle High German kanzelie, from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Staatskanzlei (German): state chancellery; office of the prime minister
Definitions
- state chancellery; office of the prime minister
Ancestry of “Staatskanzlei”, step by step
Staatskanzlei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kanzlei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kanzlei | office; chancellery |
| 2 | Middle High German | kanzelie | — |
| 3 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 4 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 5 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
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- | — |