Where does “Urteilsvermögen” come from?

Urteilsvermögen (German) comes from German urteil, from Middle High German urteil, from Old High German urteil, from Proto-Germanic uzdailiją, from Proto-Germanic uzdailijaną, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

Urteilsvermögen (German): discernment, judgment

Definitions

  1. discernment, judgment

Ancestry of “Urteilsvermögen”, step by step

Urteilsvermögen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German urteil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanurteiljudgment (the preferred spelling in a legal context), verdict, sentence court decision
2Middle High Germanurteil—
3Old High Germanurteil—
4Proto-Germanicuzdailijąsomething handed or meted out; allotment, share
5Proto-Germanicuzdailijanąto mete out; to deal out; dispense
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German vermögen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvermögento be able to; may; to cause someone to do...
2Middle High Germanvermügen—
3Old High Germanfirmugan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →