Where does “rauschgiftdezernat” come from?

rauschgiftdezernat (German) comes from German Rauschgift, from German gift, from Middle High German gift, from Old High German gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

rauschgiftdezernat (German): drug division; division of a police force that investigates crimes involving illegal drugs

Definitions

  1. drug division; division of a police force that investigates crimes involving illegal drugs

Ancestry of “rauschgiftdezernat”, step by step

rauschgiftdezernat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rauschgift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRauschgiftdrug, narcotic; dope
2Germangiftpoison; toxin; venom
3Middle High Germangiftgift, something given
4Old High Germangiftgift
5Proto-West Germanic*gifti
6Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
7Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via German Dezernat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDezernatdepartment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-