Where does “Zeitungsberichterstatter” come from?

Zeitungsberichterstatter (German) comes from German Berichterstatter, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Zeitungsberichterstatter (German): newspaper reporter, newspaper journalist

Definitions

  1. newspaper reporter, newspaper journalist

Ancestry of “Zeitungsberichterstatter”, step by step

Zeitungsberichterstatter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Berichterstatter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBerichterstatterrapporteur; reporter
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Zeitung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeitungnewspaper; tidings, news
2Middle Dutchtīdinge
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios