Where does “Wirtschaftsboom” come from?
Wirtschaftsboom (German) comes from German Boom, from English Boom, from Dutch Boom, from Dutch bodem, from Middle Dutch bodem, from Old Dutch *bodom, from Old English botm, from Proto-Germanic butmaz — smoke; mist, haze.
Wirtschaftsboom (German): economic boom a period of rapid economic growth, high productivity, and low unemployment
Definitions
- economic boom a period of rapid economic growth, high productivity, and low unemployment
Ancestry of “Wirtschaftsboom”, step by step
Wirtschaftsboom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Boom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Boom | boom |
| 2 | English | Boom | A Belgian town and municipality in the southwest of the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| 3 | Dutch | Boom | a Belgian town and municipality in the Flemish province of Antwerp |
| 4 | Dutch | bodem | bottom; soil, ground; earth surface |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | bodem | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | *bodom | — |
| 7 | Old English | botm | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | butmaz | bottom; foundation; ground; abyss |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via German Wirtschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wirtschaft | economy; inn, pub; economics |
| 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,... |