Where does “Verlustvortrag” come from?

Verlustvortrag (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.

Verlustvortrag (German): loss carryforward the carrying over of a net operating loss to future tax years to offset future profits and reduce tax liability

Definitions

  1. loss carryforward the carrying over of a net operating loss to future tax years to offset future profits and reduce tax liability

Ancestry of “Verlustvortrag”, step by step

Verlustvortrag 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 Vortrag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVortragtalk, lecture
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti →Every word from Old High German firlust →