Where does “Vermögensgegenstand” come from?

Vermögensgegenstand (German) comes from German gegenstand, from Latin obiectum, from Latin obiectus, from Latin obiciō, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

Vermögensgegenstand (German): asset

Definitions

  1. asset

Ancestry of “Vermögensgegenstand”, step by step

Vermögensgegenstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gegenstand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangegenstandobject, item, thing, article
2LatinobiectumA charge, accusation
3Latinobiectusoffered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed
4Latinobiciōto throw or put to, towards, in front of or before
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

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 gʷelH-Every word from Latin ob-Every word from Latin obiciō