Where does “schicksal” come from?
schicksal (German) comes from German schicken, from Middle High German schicken, from Middle High German geschehen, from Old High German giskehan, from Proto-West Germanic *skehan, from Proto-Germanic skehaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḱek-.
Ancestry of “schicksal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | schicken | to send; to hurry; to be decent, to be... |
| 2 | Middle High German | schicken | to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately |
| 3 | Middle High German | geschehen | to happen, rush |
| 4 | Old High German | giskehan | to happen |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *skehan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | — |