Where does “Streubesitz” come from?
Streubesitz (German) comes from German besitz, from Middle High German besitz, from Middle High German besitzen, from Old High German bisizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *bisittjan, from Proto-Germanic bisitjaną, from Proto-Germanic bi-, from Proto-Germanic bi — on, onto.
Streubesitz (German): public float, free float; scattered estates,...
Definitions
- public float, free float; scattered estates,...
Ancestry of “Streubesitz”, step by step
Streubesitz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German besitz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | besitz | singular imperative of besitzen |
| 2 | Middle High German | besitz | seat, place |
| 3 | Middle High German | besitzen | to sit; to beseige |
| 4 | Old High German | bisizzen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *bisittjan | to sit by, near |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bisitjaną | to sit among, sit near |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German Streu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Streu | litter; mulch |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | streve | to strive (etter / for), struggle, slave, toil |
| 3 | Old French | estriver | to compete; to argue; to dispute; to get into an... |
| 4 | Frankish | strīban | to exert, to make an effort |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strībaną | to be stiff; stiffen; to exert; make an effort |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streybʰ- | to be stiff |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |