Where does “ortskundig” come from?

ortskundig (German) comes from German ort, from Middle High German ort, from Old High German ort, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

ortskundig (German): locally knowledgeable

Definitions

  1. locally knowledgeable

Ancestry of “ortskundig”, step by step

ortskundig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanortplace, location, point, position
2Middle High Germanortpoint , corner, end point, boundary, border,...
3Old High Germanortsharp point
4Proto-West Germanic*oʀdsharp point, spear-point, spear
5Proto-Germanicuzdazsharp point; place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via German kundig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankundigknowledgeable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes-