Where does “Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung” come from?
Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung (German) comes from German Wohltätigkeit, from German wohltätig, from German tätig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung (German): benefit
Definitions
- benefit
Ancestry of “Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung”, step by step
Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wohltätigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wohltätigkeit | charity, benefaction |
| 2 | German | wohltätig | beneficent, charitable; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 3 | German | tätig | active |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 6 | German | Jahr | year |
| 7 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German Veranstaltung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Veranstaltung | A public event or community gathering with a... |
| 2 | German | veranstalten | to organize, to arrange, to stage |
| 3 | German | Ver- | Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away' |
| 4 | Middle High German | ver- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |