Where does “Verschlussbrennerei” come from?
Verschlussbrennerei (German) comes from German Brennerei, from German Brennen, from Middle High German brennen, from Old High German brennen, from Proto-West Germanic brannijan, from Proto-Germanic brannijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Verschlussbrennerei (German): a distillery that is taxed for the amount of actual alcohol
Definitions
- a distillery that is taxed for the amount of actual alcohol
Ancestry of “Verschlussbrennerei”, step by step
Verschlussbrennerei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Brennerei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Brennerei | distillery the concept or technique of distilling |
| 2 | German | Brennen | stinging; burning; cauterization |
| 3 | Middle High German | brennen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | brennen | to burn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | brannijan | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brannijaną | to cause to burn, to set on fire |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Verschluß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verschluß | closure, closing, breechblock, shutter |
| 2 | German | verschließen | to close; to shut; to lock; to lock up |
| 3 | German | schließen | to shut; to close; to shut down; to lock; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | slieȥen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | slioȥan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sleutan | to bolt, lock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sleutaną | to bolt, lock; to shut, close |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)klewd- | to lock |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kleh₂w- | a hook, crook, peg |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |