Where does “Wirkungsfähigkeit” come from?
Wirkungsfähigkeit (German) comes from German Fähigkeit, from German -keit, from German -heit, from Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
Wirkungsfähigkeit (German): effectiveness
Definitions
- effectiveness
Ancestry of “Wirkungsfähigkeit”, step by step
Wirkungsfähigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fähigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fähigkeit | ability, capability |
| 2 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 3 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 5 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
via German Wirkung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wirkung | effect; action |
| 2 | German | wirken | to work; to be effective; to take effect |
| 3 | Middle High German | wirken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wirken | to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wirkijan | to work; to make |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |