Where does “Wirtschaftsflüchtling” come from?
Wirtschaftsflüchtling (German) comes from German Flüchtling, from German Flucht, from Middle Low German vlucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
Wirtschaftsflüchtling (German): economic refugee
Definitions
- economic refugee
Ancestry of “Wirtschaftsflüchtling”, step by step
Wirtschaftsflüchtling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Flüchtling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flüchtling | fugitive; refugee; escapee |
| 2 | German | Flucht | escape, flight; line, alignment; suite, line of... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
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,... |