Where does “Zahlungsrückstand” come from?
Zahlungsrückstand (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,...
Zahlungsrückstand (German): arrears, payment backlog, outstanding payment an amount of money that is owed and should have been paid earlier
Definitions
- arrears, payment backlog, outstanding payment an amount of money that is owed and should have been paid earlier
Ancestry of “Zahlungsrückstand”, step by step
Zahlungsrückstand 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 Rückstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rückstand | residue; backlog; arrears |
| 2 | German | rück- | back |
| 3 | Middle High German | rücke | back |
| 4 | Old High German | rucki | back |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hrugi | back; spine |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrugjaz | back; spine; ridge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krewk- | to turn, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |