Where does “Volkszählung” come from?
Volkszählung (German) comes from German Zählung, from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Volkszählung (German): census
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Ancestry of “Volkszählung”, step by step
Volkszählung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zählung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zählung | count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |