Where does “Vertrauenswürdigkeit” come from?
Vertrauenswürdigkeit (German) comes from German vertrauenswürdig, from German -würdig, from German würdig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
Vertrauenswürdigkeit (German): trustworthiness, trustability, reliability
Definitions
- trustworthiness, trustability, reliability
Ancestry of “Vertrauenswürdigkeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vertrauenswürdig | trustworthy |
| 2 | German | -würdig | -worthy |
| 3 | German | würdig | worthy of; honourable, dignified |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 6 | German | Jahr | year |
| 7 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |