Where does “Unterordnung” come from?

Unterordnung (German) comes from German Ordnung, from Middle High German ordenunge, from Old High German ordinunga, from Old High German ordinōn, from Latin ordino, from Latin ordo, from Proto-Italic ord-on-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Unterordnung (German): subordination; hypotaxis

Definitions

  1. subordination; hypotaxis

Ancestry of “Unterordnung”, step by step

Unterordnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ordnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOrdnungarrangement, regulation; classification, order,...
2Middle High Germanordenunge
3Old High Germanordinunga
4Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
5LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
6Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
7Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German unterordnen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunterordnento subordinate
2Germanunter-sub-, under-
3GermanUnterjack, knave
4Middle High Germanunder
5Old High Germanuntarunder
6Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Italic ord-on-Every word from Latin ordo