Where does “erwartungsgemäß” come from?
erwartungsgemäß (German) comes from German Erwartung, from German erwarten, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.
erwartungsgemäß (German): expected
Definitions
- expected
Ancestry of “erwartungsgemäß”, step by step
erwartungsgemäß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erwartung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erwartung | expectation, expectancy |
| 2 | German | erwarten | to expect, to consider likely; to await, to... |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German gemäß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gemäß | corresponding to; matching to; according to, in... |
| 2 | German | messen | to measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given... |
| 3 | Middle High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |