Where does “Verschwiegenheitserklärung” come from?

Verschwiegenheitserklärung (German) comes from German Verschwiegenheit, from German -heit, from Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

Verschwiegenheitserklärung (German): confidentiality agreement, non-disclosure agreement

Definitions

  1. confidentiality agreement, non-disclosure agreement

Ancestry of “Verschwiegenheitserklärung”, step by step

Verschwiegenheitserklärung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verschwiegenheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerschwiegenheitdiscreetness; confidentiality
2German-heitConverts an adjective into a noun and usually...
3Middle High German-heitness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective
4Old High German-heitnature, character
5Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
6Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—

via German Erklärung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErklärungexplanation; declaration, statement
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."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →Every word from German -heit →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiduz →