Where does “Steuerschwindel” come from?

Steuerschwindel (German) comes from German Steuer, from Middle High German stiur, from Middle Low German stǖr, from Proto-Germanic stiuriją, from Proto-Germanic stiurijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

Steuerschwindel (German): tax fraud

Definitions

  1. tax fraud

Ancestry of “Steuerschwindel”, step by step

Steuerschwindel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Steuer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSteuertax
2Middle High Germanstiur—
3Middle Low Germanstǖr—
4Proto-Germanicstiuriją—
5Proto-Germanicstiurijanąto direct, steer
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Schwindel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwindelswindle; dizziness, vertigo
2Germanschwindelnto tell harmless lies; to make harmless...
3Middle High Germanswindeln—
4Old High Germanswintilōn—
5Old High Germanswintanto shrink, to fade
6Proto-Germanic*swindan—
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →