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

  1. defence capability, defensive capability

Ancestry of “Verteidigungsfähigkeit”, step by step

Verteidigungsfähigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verteidigung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerteidigungdefence / defense
2Germanverteidigento defend; to justify
3Middle High Germanverteidingen
4Middle High Germanvertagedingen
5Middle High Germanteidinc
6Middle High GermantacAlternative form of tag
7Old High Germantagday
8Proto-West Germanicdagday
9Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via German Fähigkeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFähigkeitability, capability
2German-keitAlternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty
3German-heitConverts an adjective into a noun and usually...
4Middle High German-heitness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective
5Old High German-heitnature, character
6Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
7Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic dagazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic dag