Where does “Willkürherrschaft” come from?
Willkürherrschaft (German) comes from German Willkür, from German Kür, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kure, from Arabic كره, from Arabic كُرَة, from Old Persian 𐎹𐎢𐎴, from Ancient Greek Ἴων, from Ancient Greek Ἰᾱ́ϝων — Ionian.
Willkürherrschaft (German): arbitrary rule, despotic rule, despotism
Definitions
- arbitrary rule, despotic rule, despotism
Ancestry of “Willkürherrschaft”, step by step
Willkürherrschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via German Herrschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Herrschaft | lordship, reign, rule, dominion; feudal district:... |
| 2 | German | -schaft | -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old High German | -skaft | ship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |