Where does “Vertrauensfrage” come from?

Vertrauensfrage (German) comes from German Frage, from Middle High German vrāge, from Old High German frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Vertrauensfrage (German): question of trust; motion of confidence, vote of...

Definitions

  1. question of trust; motion of confidence, vote of...

Ancestry of “Vertrauensfrage”, step by step

Vertrauensfrage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Frage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFragequestion; question, issue; question, doubt
2Middle High Germanvrāge—
3Old High Germanfrāgaquestion
4Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
5Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via German Vertrauen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVertrauengerund of vertrauen; trust; trust
2Germanvertrauento trust, to place confidence in
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →