Where does “Wissensstand” come from?

Wissensstand (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.

Wissensstand (German): standard of knowledge

Definitions

  1. standard of knowledge

Ancestry of “Wissensstand”, step by step

Wissensstand 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 stand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstandfirst/third-person singular preterite of stehen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic gadanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic gōdaz
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