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Where does “Tatsache” come from?

Tatsache (German) comes from German sache, from Middle High German sache, from Old High German sahha, from Proto-West Germanic saku, from Proto-Germanic sakō, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- — to seek out.

Tatsache (German): fact

Definitions

  1. fact

Ancestry of “Tatsache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansache—
2Middle High Germansache—
3Old High Germansahha—
4Proto-West Germanicsakuaccusation, charge; case
5Proto-Germanicsakōquarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

Words derived from “Tatsache”

  • Tatsachenverdrehung
  • Tatsachenbeschöniger
  • tatsächlich
  • Tatsachenverdreher
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