Where does “Zahlungsfähigkeit” come from?
Zahlungsfähigkeit (German) comes from German Zählung, from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Zahlungsfähigkeit (German): solvency, ability to pay the state of having enough assets and cash flow to meet financial obligations
Definitions
- solvency, ability to pay the state of having enough assets and cash flow to meet financial obligations
Ancestry of “Zahlungsfähigkeit”, step by step
Zahlungsfähigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zählung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zählung | count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |