Where does “Zwangsversteigerung” come from?
Zwangsversteigerung (German) comes from German Versteigerung, from German versteigern, from German steigern, from German steigen, from Middle High German stîgen, from Old High German stīgan, from Proto-West Germanic stīgan, from Proto-Germanic stīganą — to go; to climb.
Zwangsversteigerung (German): forcible auction the practice or an act of forcibly (using state authority) auctioning off belongings in order to repay creditors
Definitions
- forcible auction the practice or an act of forcibly (using state authority) auctioning off belongings in order to repay creditors
Ancestry of “Zwangsversteigerung”, step by step
Zwangsversteigerung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Versteigerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Versteigerung | auction |
| 2 | German | versteigern | to auction |
| 3 | German | steigern | to increase, to raise; to boost, to improve, to... |
| 4 | German | steigen | to ascend, to climb, to rise; to rise; to enter,... |
| 5 | Middle High German | stîgen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stīgan | to climb up, ascend |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | stīgan | to climb, to ascend |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stīganą | to go up; climb, ascend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stéygʰeti | to be walking; to be climbing |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |