Where does “Vollbeschäftigung” come from?
Vollbeschäftigung (German) comes from German voll, from Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, from Proto-West Germanic full, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
Vollbeschäftigung (German): full employment a state in which all or nearly all persons willing and able to work at prevailing wages and working conditions are able to find employment
Definitions
- full employment a state in which all or nearly all persons willing and able to work at prevailing wages and working conditions are able to find employment
Ancestry of “Vollbeschäftigung”, step by step
Vollbeschäftigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German voll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | voll | full; filled; full; drunk |
| 2 | Middle High German | vol | — |
| 3 | Old High German | foll | full |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | full | full |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via German Beschäftigung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beschäftigung | occupation |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |