Where does “Tauschgeschäft” come from?

Tauschgeschäft (German) comes from German Tausch, from German täuschen, from Middle High German tiuschen, from German tuschen, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er — he, she.

Tauschgeschäft (German): swap, exchange, barter

Definitions

  1. swap, exchange, barter

Ancestry of “Tauschgeschäft”, step by step

Tauschgeschäft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tausch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTauschexchange, barter
2Germantäuschento deceive; to be wrong, to be mistaken; to err
3Middle High Germantiuschen
4Germantuschento paint with watercolors; to use mascara
5FrenchtoucherThe act of touching; A way of touching; The sense...
6German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
7French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
8English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
9Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
10Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
11Latin-ārefirst conjugation
12Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
13Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
14Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
15Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
16Chichewaiyehe, she

via German geschäft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangeschäftshop, store
2Germanschaffento create; to produce; to make; to cause; to...
3Middle High Germanschaffento make, create
4Old High Germanscaffan
5Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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