Where does “Wehrdienstverweigerung” come from?

Wehrdienstverweigerung (German) comes from German Verweigerung, from German verweigern, from German weigern, from Middle High German weigeren, from Old High German weigarōn, from Proto-West Germanic waigrōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.

Wehrdienstverweigerung (German): conscientious objection refusal to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion

Definitions

  1. conscientious objection refusal to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion

Ancestry of “Wehrdienstverweigerung”, step by step

Wehrdienstverweigerung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verweigerung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerweigerungrefusal; denial
2Germanverweigernto refuse; to deny
3Germanweigernto refuse
4Middle High Germanweigeren—
5Old High Germanweigarōn—
6Proto-West Germanicwaigrōnto refuse
7Proto-West Germanic-ōnCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
8Proto-Germanic-ōnąCreates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates...
9Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Wehrdienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWehrdienstmilitary service, national service
2GermanWehrresistance; defence; also in the sense of...
3Middle High Germanwere—
4Old High Germanwerī—
5Proto-Germanicwarīnizwarding off, defense
6Proto-Germanic-īnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs
7Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nis—
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ōną →