Where does “Wirtschaftswissenschaftler” come from?
Wirtschaftswissenschaftler (German) comes from German Wissenschaftler, from German Wissenschaft, from German Wissen, from German wissen, from German Besserwisser, from German besser, from Middle High German beȥȥer, from Old High German beȥȥiro — to join; to unite; to suit.
Wirtschaftswissenschaftler (German): economist
Definitions
- economist
Ancestry of “Wirtschaftswissenschaftler”, step by step
Wirtschaftswissenschaftler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wissenschaftler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wissenschaftler | scientist; scholar, researcher, academic |
| 2 | German | Wissenschaft | science; academia, scholarship; academia,... |
| 3 | German | Wissen | knowledge |
| 4 | German | wissen | to know; to be aware of; to remember |
| 5 | German | Besserwisser | know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck |
| 6 | German | besser | comparative degree of gut; better; inflection of... |
| 7 | Middle High German | beȥȥer | — |
| 8 | Old High German | beȥȥiro | better |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *batiʀō | better |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | batizô | comparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | gōdaz | good |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | gadaną | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰedʰ- | to join; to unite; to suit |
via German Wirtschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wirtschaft | economy; inn, pub; economics |