Where does “Tätervolk” come from?
Tätervolk (German) comes from German Täter, from German Missetäter, from German missetāt, from Middle High German missetāt, from Old High German mistāt, from Proto-Germanic missadēdiz, from Proto-Germanic dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis — to do, put, place.
Tätervolk (German): perpetrator people i.e. a people considered to have collective guilt
Definitions
- perpetrator people i.e. a people considered to have collective guilt
Ancestry of “Tätervolk”, step by step
Tätervolk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Täter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Täter | doer; "evildoer"; delinquent, offender |
| 2 | German | Missetäter | malefactor |
| 3 | German | missetāt | iniquity, misdeed evil, sinful, dishonorable deed |
| 4 | Middle High German | missetāt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | mistāt | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | missadēdiz | misdeed, wrongful act |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | dēdiz | deed, act; doing, able to do, active |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁tis | act of putting, placement |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |