Where does “Widerstandskraft” come from?
Widerstandskraft (German) comes from German Widerstand, from German widerstehen, from German wider, from Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą, from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero- — apart, asunder; away from, against.
Widerstandskraft (German): resilience
Definitions
- resilience
Ancestry of “Widerstandskraft”, step by step
Widerstandskraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Widerstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Widerstand | resistance; resistor |
| 2 | German | widerstehen | to withstand, to resist |
| 3 | German | wider | against |
| 4 | Middle High German | wider | opposite |
| 5 | Old High German | widar | against; ram |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wiþr | toward, against |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wiþrą | toward, against |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wī-tero- | further apart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |
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 |