Where does “Völkerverständigung” come from?
Völkerverständigung (German) comes from German Verständigung, from German verständigen, from German verständig, from German Verstand, from German verstehen, from Middle High German verstān, from Old High German firstān, from Proto-Germanic frastāną.
Völkerverständigung (German): international understanding
Definitions
- international understanding
Ancestry of “Völkerverständigung”, step by step
Völkerverständigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verständigung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verständigung | comprehension, understanding |
| 2 | German | verständigen | To notify, inform, advise; To warn, alert; To... |
| 3 | German | verständig | singular imperative of verständigen; first-person... |
| 4 | German | Verstand | intellect; accord, consensus; sense, particular... |
| 5 | German | verstehen | to understand, comprehend; to know, know how to,... |
| 6 | Middle High German | verstān | — |
| 7 | Old High German | firstān | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | frastāną | — |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |