Where does “Vermögensanhäufung” come from?

Vermögensanhäufung (German) comes from German Anhäufung, from German anhäufen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

Vermögensanhäufung (German): capital accumulation, accumulation of capital, accumulation of wealth

Definitions

  1. capital accumulation, accumulation of capital, accumulation of wealth

Ancestry of “Vermögensanhäufung”, step by step

Vermögensanhäufung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anhäufung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnhäufungaccumulation
2Germananhäufento accumulate, to pile up
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German vermögen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvermögento be able to; may; to cause someone to do...
2Middle High Germanvermügen
3Old High Germanfirmugan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an