Where does “Zivilverteidigung” come from?

Zivilverteidigung (German) comes from German Verteidigung, from German verteidigen, from Middle High German verteidingen, from Middle High German vertagedingen, from Middle High German teidinc, from Middle High German tac, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag — to burn; warm, hot.

Zivilverteidigung (German): civil defense

Definitions

  1. civil defense

Ancestry of “Zivilverteidigung”, step by step

Zivilverteidigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verteidigung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerteidigungdefence / defense
2Germanverteidigento defend; to justify
3Middle High Germanverteidingen—
4Middle High Germanvertagedingen—
5Middle High Germanteidinc—
6Middle High GermantacAlternative form of tag
7Old High Germantagday
8Proto-West Germanicdagday
9Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

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 dʰegʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dagaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dag →