Where does “funktionstüchtig” come from?
funktionstüchtig (German) comes from German Funktion, from Latin functiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
funktionstüchtig (German): functional; functioning, undamaged
Definitions
- functional; functioning, undamaged
Ancestry of “funktionstüchtig”, step by step
funktionstüchtig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Funktion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Funktion | role; feature; subroutine |
| 2 | Latin | functiō | performance, execution (of a task) |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German tüchtig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tüchtig | efficient; capable; hard |
| 2 | Middle High German | tühtec | — |
| 3 | Old High German | *tuhtig | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | duhtīg | strong, virtuous, proficient |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | duhti | usefulness, fitness, strength |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | duganą | to be useful, to avail |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰedʰówgʰe | to be productive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewgʰ- | to produce, to produce something useful; to be... |