Where does “Zeitgeschichte” come from?

Zeitgeschichte (German) comes from German Zeit, from Middle High German zīt, from Old High German zīt, from Proto-Indo-European déh₂itis, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂y-, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂- — to share, divide.

Zeitgeschichte (German): contemporary history

Definitions

  1. contemporary history

Ancestry of “Zeitgeschichte”, step by step

Zeitgeschichte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

via German geschichte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangeschichtehistory
2Middle High Germangeschicht(e)event, struggle, story, history
3Old High Germangisciht—
4Proto-Germanicskehanąto jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱek-to pass, happen

Words derived from “Zeitgeschichte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₂y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European déh₂itis →