Where does “Waffenstillstandsvermittlung” come from?
Waffenstillstandsvermittlung (German) comes from German Waffenstillstand, from French armistice, from Medieval Latin armistitium, from Latin arma, from Late Latin armistitium, from Latin sistere, from Proto-Indo-European stísteh₂ti, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Waffenstillstandsvermittlung (German): ceasefire mediation
Definitions
- ceasefire mediation
Ancestry of “Waffenstillstandsvermittlung”, step by step
Waffenstillstandsvermittlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Waffenstillstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Waffenstillstand | armistice; ceasefire; truce |
| 2 | French | armistice | armistice |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | armistitium | truce |
| 4 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 6 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via German Vermittlung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vermittlung | intermediation; agency; switching |
| 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." |