Where does “Tatsachenverdrehung” come from?
Tatsachenverdrehung (German) comes from German Verdrehung, from German verdrehen, from German Ver-, from Middle High German ver-, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Tatsachenverdrehung (German): distortion of the facts, prevarication
Definitions
- distortion of the facts, prevarication
Ancestry of “Tatsachenverdrehung”, step by step
Tatsachenverdrehung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verdrehung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verdrehung | twist, torsion, contortion, bending |
| 2 | German | verdrehen | to twist, to turn, to wrest, to distort, to... |
| 3 | German | Ver- | Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away' |
| 4 | Middle High German | ver- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German Tatsache
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tatsache | fact |
| 2 | German | sache | matter, affair, case, question, issue |
| 3 | Middle High German | sache | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sahha | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | saku | accusation, charge; case |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sakō | quarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |