Where does “Verhandlungsmacht” come from?
Verhandlungsmacht (German) comes from German Verhandlung, from German verhandeln, from German handeln, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn — hand.
Verhandlungsmacht (German): bargaining power, negotiating power the relative ability of parties in a situation to exert influence over each other
Definitions
- bargaining power, negotiating power the relative ability of parties in a situation to exert influence over each other
Ancestry of “Verhandlungsmacht”, step by step
Verhandlungsmacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verhandlung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verhandlung | negotiation; hearing, trial |
| 2 | German | verhandeln | to negotiate; to try |
| 3 | German | handeln | to act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;... |
| 4 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 5 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 6 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 7 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via German macht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | macht | third-person singular present of machen;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | maht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | maht | might |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |