Where does “Verleumdungsklage” come from?

Verleumdungsklage (German) comes from German Verleumdung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Verleumdungsklage (German): defamation lawsuit

Definitions

  1. defamation lawsuit

Ancestry of “Verleumdungsklage”, step by step

Verleumdungsklage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verleumdung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerleumdungdefamation, calumny (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German klage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklageinflection of klagen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanklage
3Old High Germanklaga
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō