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Where does “Terrorherrschaft” come from?

Terrorherrschaft (German) comes from German Herrschaft, from German -schaft, from Old High German -skaft, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Terrorherrschaft (German): reign of terror

Definitions

  1. reign of terror

Ancestry of “Terrorherrschaft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHerrschaftlordship, reign, rule, dominion; feudal district:...
2German-schaft-ship, -hood
3Old High German-skaftship
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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