Where does “Vielvölkerstaat” come from?
Vielvölkerstaat (German) comes from German Staat, from Middle Low German stāt, from Middle Dutch staet, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.
Vielvölkerstaat (German): multinational state
Definitions
- multinational state
Ancestry of “Vielvölkerstaat”, step by step
Vielvölkerstaat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Staat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Staat | country; state; state; authorities; state |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stāt | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | staet | inflection of stâen: ## third-person singular... |
| 4 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via German Völker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Völker | plural of Volk; peoples, nations |
| 2 | Old High German | heri | army |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *hari | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via German viele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | viele |