Where does “Zinshaus” come from?

Zinshaus (German) comes from German Miete, from Middle High German miete, from Old High German miata, from Proto-West Germanic miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic mizdō, from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Zinshaus (German): any house where people live for rent, e.g. an apartment building

Definitions

  1. any house where people live for rent, e.g. an apartment building

Ancestry of “Zinshaus”, step by step

Zinshaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Miete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMieterent
2Middle High Germanmiete—
3Old High Germanmiata—
4Proto-West Germanicmiʀdureward
5Proto-Germanicmizdōreward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmisdʰósreward, prize; wages, payment
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via German haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaussingular imperative of hausen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanhūshouse
3Old High Germanhūshouse
4Proto-West Germanichūshouse
5Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic mizdō →