Where does “Verlustmarge” come from?

Verlustmarge (German) comes from German Verlust, from Middle High German verlust, from Old High German firlust, from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti, from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz — loss.

Verlustmarge (German): loss margin the ratio of net loss to revenue, or the negative difference between costs and sales price expressed as a percentage

Definitions

  1. loss margin the ratio of net loss to revenue, or the negative difference between costs and sales price expressed as a percentage

Ancestry of “Verlustmarge”, step by step

Verlustmarge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verlust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerlustloss
2Middle High Germanverlust—
3Old High Germanfirlust—
4Proto-West Germanic*fralustiloss
5Proto-Germanic*fralustizloss

via German Marge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMargemargin
2Frenchmargemargin
3Old Frenchmarge—
4Latinmargōborder, margin, edge
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmerǵ-edge, boundary, border; boundary, border;...
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti →Every word from Old High German firlust →