Where does “Vorjahresquartal” come from?
Vorjahresquartal (German) comes from German Vorjahr, from German vor, from Middle High German vore, from Old High German fora, from Proto-West Germanic forē, from Proto-Germanic furai, from Proto-Indo-European preh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Vorjahresquartal (German): same quarter of the previous year
Definitions
- same quarter of the previous year
Ancestry of “Vorjahresquartal”, step by step
Vorjahresquartal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Vorjahr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vorjahr | previous year |
| 2 | German | vor | before, prior to, ahead of; ahead of, in front... |
| 3 | Middle High German | vore | — |
| 4 | Old High German | fora | before, against, in the presence of |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | forē | before, in front of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German Quartal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Quartal | a quarter year |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | quartalis | subject to a one-fourth tribute of a crop, part... |
| 3 | Latin | quartus | fourth, the ordinal number after "tertius" and... |
| 4 | Latin | quattuor | four; 4 |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |