Where does “Unternehmensführung” come from?
Unternehmensführung (German) comes from German Führung, from German führen, from Middle High German vüeren, from Old High German fuoren, from Proto-West Germanic fōrijan, from Proto-Germanic fōrijaną, from Proto-Germanic faraną, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Unternehmensführung (German): corporate management, corporate governance, business leadership the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization through the deployment and manipulation of resources
Definitions
- corporate management, corporate governance, business leadership the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization through the deployment and manipulation of resources
Ancestry of “Unternehmensführung”, step by step
Unternehmensführung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Führung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Führung | lead; leadership; command |
| 2 | German | führen | to lead; to carry, to sell; to conduct some... |
| 3 | Middle High German | vüeren | to drive, to set in motion |
| 4 | Old High German | fuoren | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fōrijan | to lead, to bring |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fōrijaną | to cause to go; lead (someone; take lead; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German unternehmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unternehmen | to undertake |
| 2 | German | unter- | sub-, under- |
| 3 | German | Unter | jack, knave |
| 4 | Middle High German | under | — |
| 5 | Old High German | untar | under |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |