Where does “Vorbereitungsdienst” come from?
Vorbereitungsdienst (German) comes from German Vorbereitung, from German vorbereiten, from German bereiten, from German reiten, from Middle High German rīten, from Old High German rītan, from Proto-West Germanic rīdan, from Proto-Germanic rīdaną — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Vorbereitungsdienst (German): preparatory service for public office
Definitions
- preparatory service for public office
Ancestry of “Vorbereitungsdienst”, step by step
Vorbereitungsdienst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Vorbereitung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vorbereitung | preparation |
| 2 | German | vorbereiten | to prepare; to prepare, to get ready |
| 3 | German | bereiten | to prepare, to make; to give, to cause |
| 4 | German | reiten | to travel on a mount; to ride; to do horseriding;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | rīten | to ride |
| 6 | Old High German | rītan | to ride |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via German dienst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dienst | second-person singular present of dienen |
| 2 | Middle High German | dienst | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dionest | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōstaz | service |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |