Where does “Wehrkraftzersetzung” come from?
Wehrkraftzersetzung (German) comes from German Zersetzung, 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.
Wehrkraftzersetzung (German): undermining military force undermining of military morale; a sedition offence in German military law during the Nazi Germany era from 1938 to 1945
Definitions
- undermining military force undermining of military morale; a sedition offence in German military law during the Nazi Germany era from 1938 to 1945
Ancestry of “Wehrkraftzersetzung”, step by step
Wehrkraftzersetzung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zersetzung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zersetzung | decomposition |
| 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 Wehrkraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wehrkraft | defence force, military force, military morale |
| 2 | German | Wehr | resistance; defence; also in the sense of... |
| 3 | Middle High German | were | — |
| 4 | Old High German | werī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | warīniz | warding off, defense |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īniz | Forms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -niz | Forms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -nis | — |