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Where does “Unterstellung” come from?

Unterstellung (German) comes from German unterstellen, from German Unter, from Middle High German under, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

Unterstellung (German): subordination; assumption, presumption,...

Definitions

  1. subordination; assumption, presumption,...

Ancestry of “Unterstellung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunterstellento put beneath, shelter under; to assume,...
2GermanUnterjack, knave
3Middle High Germanunder—
4Old High Germanuntarunder
5Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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