Where does “Zeitsoldat” come from?

Zeitsoldat (German) comes from German Soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.

Zeitsoldat (German): temporary soldier, non-career soldier

Definitions

  1. temporary soldier, non-career soldier

Ancestry of “Zeitsoldat”, step by step

Zeitsoldat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Soldat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSoldatsoldier
2Italiansoldatosoldier
3Italiansoldareto pay a soldier or military member
4Italiansoldopenny, cent; money
5Italiansaldareto solder, weld; to join; to put together; to...
6Italiansaldofirm, steady; sound; settlement, payment
7Latinsolidussolid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin...
8Proto-Italicsoliðos—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-i-dʰ-o-sentire
10Proto-Indo-Europeansolh₂-whole

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

Words derived from “Zeitsoldat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s →Every word from Proto-Italic soliðos →