Where does “Vermittlungsgebühr” come from?

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

Vermittlungsgebühr (German): agency fee, brokerage fee, commission fee, intermediary's fee

Definitions

  1. agency fee, brokerage fee, commission fee, intermediary's fee

Ancestry of “Vermittlungsgebühr”, step by step

Vermittlungsgebühr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vermittlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVermittlungintermediation; agency; switching
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 Gebühr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGebührfee
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō
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