Where does “Weltfinanzkrise” come from?
Weltfinanzkrise (German) comes from German Finanzkrise, from German finanz, from French finance, from Middle French finance, from Middle French finer, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis.
Weltfinanzkrise (German): global financial crisis, especially during the Great Recession
Definitions
- global financial crisis, especially during the Great Recession
Ancestry of “Weltfinanzkrise”, step by step
Weltfinanzkrise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Finanzkrise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Finanzkrise | financial crisis |
| 2 | German | finanz | finance |
| 3 | French | finance | finance |
| 4 | Middle French | finance | — |
| 5 | Middle French | finer | to finish |
| 6 | Middle French | fin | end; finish; death |
| 7 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 8 | Latin | fīnis | end |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
via German welt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | welt | world |
| 2 | Middle High German | werlt | world |
| 3 | Old High German | weralt | world |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |