Where does “Vertragsunterzeichnung” come from?

Vertragsunterzeichnung (German) comes from German Vertrag, from Middle High German vertraht, from Middle High German vertragen, from Old High German firtragan, from Proto-Germanic fradraganą, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.

Vertragsunterzeichnung (German): signing of a contract

Definitions

  1. signing of a contract

Ancestry of “Vertragsunterzeichnung”, step by step

Vertragsunterzeichnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vertrag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVertragagreement, contract; pact, treaty
2Middle High Germanvertraht
3Middle High Germanvertragenconvene, agree
4Old High Germanfirtragan
5Proto-Germanicfradraganąto draw away; seduce; to pull through; endure
6Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Unterzeichnung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnterzeichnungsigning
2Germanunterzeichnento sign
3Germanunter-sub-, under-
4GermanUnterjack, knave
5Middle High Germanunder
6Old High Germanuntarunder
7Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós