Where does “Vernunftrepublikaner” come from?

Vernunftrepublikaner (German) comes from German vernunft, from Middle High German vernunft, from Old High German vernumft.

Vernunftrepublikaner (German): a republican who supported the Weimar Republic out of political pragmatism, rather than a personal conviction against monarchism

Definitions

  1. a republican who supported the Weimar Republic out of political pragmatism, rather than a personal conviction against monarchism

Ancestry of “Vernunftrepublikaner”, step by step

Vernunftrepublikaner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German vernunft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvernunftreason, good sense
2Middle High Germanvernunft—
3Old High Germanvernumft—

via German Republikaner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRepublikanera republican
Every word from Old High German vernumft →Every word from Middle High German vernunft →Every word from German vernunft →