Where does “Strukturwandel” come from?

Strukturwandel (German) comes from German Struktur, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

Strukturwandel (German): structural change, structural transformation a long-term and fundamental change in the basic structure of an economy or society

Definitions

  1. structural change, structural transformation a long-term and fundamental change in the basic structure of an economy or society

Ancestry of “Strukturwandel”, step by step

Strukturwandel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Struktur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrukturstructure
2Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
3Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
4Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via German Wandel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWandeltransformation, change; conduct, behaviour
2Old High Germanwandil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew-