Where does “Tatkraft” come from?

Tatkraft (German) comes from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Tatkraft (German): energy for work

Definitions

  1. energy for work

Ancestry of “Tatkraft”, step by step

Tatkraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankrafton the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,...
2Middle High Germankraft
3Old High Germankraft
4Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
5Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
6Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German tāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantātdeed
2Middle High Germantāt

Words derived from “Tatkraft

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -þuzEvery word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz
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