Where does “Verzeichnisdienst” come from?

Verzeichnisdienst (German) comes from German Verzeichnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Verzeichnisdienst (German): directory service

Definitions

  1. directory service

Ancestry of “Verzeichnisdienst”, step by step

Verzeichnisdienst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verzeichnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerzeichnisindex; directory
2German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
3Middle High German-nisse
4Old High German-nissī
5Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
6Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
7Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German dienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandienstsecond-person singular present of dienen
2Middle High Germandienst
3Old High Germandionest
4Proto-Germanicþewanōstazservice
5Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from German -nis