Where does “Zusammenfassung” come from?

Zusammenfassung (German) comes from German zusammenfassen, from German fassen, from Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German vaz, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

Zusammenfassung (German): summary, compilation, summing up, recapitulation

Definitions

  1. summary, compilation, summing up, recapitulation

Ancestry of “Zusammenfassung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzusammenfassento summarize, to sum up; to consolidate
2Germanfassento gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...
3Middle High Germanvazzen—
4Old High Germanvazvessel
5Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container
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