Where does “Zollsatz” come from?
Zollsatz (German) comes from German Zoll, from Old High German zol, from Proto-Germanic tullō, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι — price.
Zollsatz (German): tariff rate, percentage levied in customs on the value of a particular good
Definitions
- tariff rate, percentage levied in customs on the value of a particular good
Ancestry of “Zollsatz”, step by step
Zollsatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zoll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zoll | custom; customs; unit of length |
| 2 | Old High German | zol | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tullō | what is counted or told |
| 4 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 5 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |
via German Satz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 2 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |