Where does “Wissenssektor” come from?

Wissenssektor (German) comes from German wissen, from German Besserwisser, from German besser, from Middle High German beȥȥer, from Old High German beȥȥiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic batizô, from Proto-Germanic gōdaz — to join; to unite; to suit.

Wissenssektor (German): knowledge sector the part of the economy based on intellectual activities such as R&D, IT, and education

Definitions

  1. knowledge sector the part of the economy based on intellectual activities such as R&D, IT, and education

Ancestry of “Wissenssektor”, step by step

Wissenssektor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wissen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwissento know; to be aware of; to remember
2GermanBesserwisserknow-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck
3Germanbessercomparative degree of gut; better; inflection of...
4Middle High Germanbeȥȥer
5Old High Germanbeȥȥirobetter
6Proto-West Germanic*batiʀōbetter
7Proto-Germanicbatizôcomparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree...
8Proto-Germanicgōdazgood
9Proto-Germanicgadaną
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʰedʰ-to join; to unite; to suit

via German Sektor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSektorsector
2LatinsectorOne who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ-
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