Where does “Wehrkraftzersetzerin” come from?
Wehrkraftzersetzerin (German) comes from German Wehrkraftzersetzer, 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- — out, outward.
Ancestry of “Wehrkraftzersetzerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wehrkraftzersetzer | 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 |
| 2 | German | Zersetzer | underminer |
| 3 | German | zersetzen | To corrode, decompose; To subvert, undermine |
| 4 | German | zer- | asunder, to pieces, to bits; to spoil by |
| 5 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 6 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 7 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |