Where does “Willkürgerichtsbarkeit” come from?
Willkürgerichtsbarkeit (German) comes from German Gerichtsbarkeit, from German Gericht, from German richten, from Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Willkürgerichtsbarkeit (German): arbitrary justice
Definitions
- arbitrary justice
Ancestry of “Willkürgerichtsbarkeit”, step by step
Willkürgerichtsbarkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gerichtsbarkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gerichtsbarkeit | jurisdiction |
| 2 | German | Gericht | court; judgement; dish |
| 3 | German | richten | to direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put... |
| 4 | Middle High German | richten | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rihten | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rihtijan | to straighten to set straight; to align, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Willkür
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Willkür | arbitrariness |
| 2 | German | Kür | choice; free skating |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kure | — |
| 4 | Arabic | كره | to be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to... |
| 5 | Arabic | كُرَة | ball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎹𐎢𐎴 | Ionia |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἴων | one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | Ἰᾱ́ϝων | Ionian |