Where does “standesamtlich” come from?
standesamtlich (German) comes from German Standesamt, from German amt, from Middle High German ambahte, from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
standesamtlich (German): civil
Ancestry of “standesamtlich”, step by step