Where does “Zahlungsmittel” come from?
Zahlungsmittel (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,...
Zahlungsmittel (German): means of payment, payment method
Definitions
- means of payment, payment method
Ancestry of “Zahlungsmittel”, step by step
Zahlungsmittel 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,... |
via German mittel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mittel | middle, in the middle; average, middling |
| 2 | Middle High German | mittel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mittil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |