Where does “Zivilgesetzbuch” come from?

Zivilgesetzbuch (German) comes from German Gesetzbuch, from German Gesetz, from Middle High German gesetze, from Old High German gisezzida, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Zivilgesetzbuch (German): civil code

Definitions

  1. civil code

Ancestry of “Zivilgesetzbuch”, step by step

Zivilgesetzbuch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gesetzbuch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGesetzbuchcode
2GermanGesetzlaw, act, bill, statute
3Middle High Germangesetze
4Old High Germangisezzidafixing, determination, assessment; establishment,...
5Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
6Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
7Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
8Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
9Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via German Zivil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZivilplain clothes
2Frenchcivilcivil; lay; civilian
3Latincīvīlis
4Latin-ilis-ile
5Proto-Italic-elis
6Proto-Indo-European-elis
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti