Where does “Wehrkraftzersetzer” come from?
Wehrkraftzersetzer (German) comes from German Zersetzer, from German zersetzen, from German zer-, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.
Wehrkraftzersetzer (German): A person found guilty of undermining military force undermining of military morale; a sedition offence in German military law during the Nazi Germany era from 1938 to 1945 male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- A person found guilty of undermining military force undermining of military morale; a sedition offence in German military law during the Nazi Germany era from 1938 to 1945 male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Wehrkraftzersetzer”, step by step
Wehrkraftzersetzer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zersetzer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zersetzer | underminer |
| 2 | German | zersetzen | To corrode, decompose; To subvert, undermine |
| 3 | German | zer- | asunder, to pieces, to bits; to spoil by |
| 4 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 5 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German Wehr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wehr | resistance; defence; also in the sense of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | were | — |
| 3 | Old High German | werī | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | warīniz | warding off, defense |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -īniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |
via German kraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |