Where does “Stimmrechtsmehrheit” come from?
Stimmrechtsmehrheit (German) comes from German Mehrheit, from Dutch meerderheid, from Dutch meerder, from Dutch meer, from Middle Dutch mêer, from Old Dutch meri, from Proto-West Germanic mārī, from Proto-Germanic mari — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
Stimmrechtsmehrheit (German): voting majority, majority of voting rights a position where an individual or group holds more than 50% of the total votes in a company or assembly
Definitions
- voting majority, majority of voting rights a position where an individual or group holds more than 50% of the total votes in a company or assembly
Ancestry of “Stimmrechtsmehrheit”, step by step
Stimmrechtsmehrheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Mehrheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mehrheit | majority; bulk; majority; plurality |
| 2 | Dutch | meerderheid | majority |
| 3 | Dutch | meerder | greater, superior |
| 4 | Dutch | meer | lake; sea; comparative degree of veel; more |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | mêer | border, boundary |
| 6 | Old Dutch | meri | border, boundary |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | mārī | famous; story, tale; message |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mari | sea, ocean; lake, body of water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | móri | sea; standing water |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
via German Stimmrecht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stimmrecht | right to vote, suffrage the legal right of a citizen to participate in elections and manifest their political will |
| 2 | German | recht | right; proper, correct; true, real |
| 3 | Middle High German | reht | — |
| 4 | Old High German | reht | right |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | reht | straight; right, correct; morally upright, just |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rehtaz | right, straight; morally upright, just |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵtós | straightened, right, upright |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |