Where does “besserstellen” come from?

besserstellen (German) comes from German besser, from German Besserwisser, from German wissen, from Middle High German wiȥȥen, from Old High German wiȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.

besserstellen (German): to make sombody better off

Definitions

  1. to make sombody better off

Ancestry of “besserstellen”, step by step

besserstellen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German besser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbessercomparative degree of gut; better; inflection of...
2GermanBesserwisserknow-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck
3Germanwissento know; to be aware of; to remember
4Middle High Germanwiȥȥento know
5Old High Germanwiȥȥanto know
6Proto-West Germanicwītanto accuse, to blame
7Proto-Germanic*witaną—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via German Stellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStellengerund of stellen; plural of Stelle
2Middle High Germanstellento put, to place
3Old High Germanstellen—
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →