Where does “Verteidigungsfähigkeit” come from?
Verteidigungsfähigkeit (German) comes from German Verteidigung, from German verteidigen, from Middle High German verteidingen, from Middle High German vertagedingen, from Middle High German teidinc, from Middle High German tac, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag — to burn; warm, hot.
Verteidigungsfähigkeit (German): defence capability, defensive capability
Definitions
- defence capability, defensive capability
Ancestry of “Verteidigungsfähigkeit”, step by step
Verteidigungsfähigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verteidigung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verteidigung | defence / defense |
| 2 | German | verteidigen | to defend; to justify |
| 3 | Middle High German | verteidingen | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | vertagedingen | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | teidinc | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | tac | Alternative form of tag |
| 7 | Old High German | tag | day |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via German Fähigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fähigkeit | ability, capability |
| 2 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 3 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 5 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |