Where does “Strafverfolgungsbehörde” come from?

Strafverfolgungsbehörde (German) comes from German Strafverfolgung, from German Verfolgung, from German verfolgen, from German folgēn, from Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną — to fill.

Strafverfolgungsbehörde (German): law enforcement agency

Definitions

  1. law enforcement agency

Ancestry of “Strafverfolgungsbehörde”, step by step

Strafverfolgungsbehörde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Strafverfolgung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrafverfolgungcriminal prosecution
2GermanVerfolgungpersecution; pursuit, pursuance; tracking,...
3Germanverfolgento pursue; to persecute; to trace
4Germanfolgēnto follow on the same path or in a sequence
5Middle High Germanvolgen
6Old High Germanfolgēnto follow
7Proto-West Germanicfolgēnto follow
8Proto-Germanicfulgānąto follow
9Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German Behörde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBehördeauthority
2German Low Germanbehörento belong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nósEvery word from Proto-Germanic fullaz