Where does “Verzögerungstaktik” come from?
Verzögerungstaktik (German) comes from German Verzögerung, from German verzögern, from German zögern, from German zogen, from Middle High German zogen, from Old High German zogōn, from Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān — two-ways, in twain; twice, in two.
Verzögerungstaktik (German): delaying tactic
Definitions
- delaying tactic
Ancestry of “Verzögerungstaktik”, step by step
Verzögerungstaktik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verzögerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verzögerung | delay |
| 2 | German | verzögern | to delay; to protract; to be delayed |
| 3 | German | zögern | to hesitate |
| 4 | German | zogen | first/third-person plural preterite of ziehen |
| 5 | Middle High German | zogen | be on one's way; walk, march; hurry, run |
| 6 | Old High German | zogōn | — |
| 7 | Middle English | togon | — |
| 8 | Old English | tōgān | to go apart |
| 9 | Old English | tō- | apart; to |
| 10 | Old English | te- | Alternative form of tō-; apart, asunder; apart,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | twiz- | in two, in twain; asunder, in pieces; apart,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwis- | two-ways, in twain; twice, in two |
via German Taktik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Taktik | tactic, tactics, policy |
| 2 | French | tactique | tactic; tactical |
| 3 | Latin | tactica | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τακτική | tactics |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τακτικός | fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |