Where does “verfassungsgebend” come from?

verfassungsgebend (German) comes from German gebend, from German geben, from Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

verfassungsgebend (German): constituent

Definitions

  1. constituent

Ancestry of “verfassungsgebend”, step by step

verfassungsgebend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gebend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangebendpresent participle of geben
2Germangebento give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;...
3Middle High Germangebento give
4Old High Germangebanto give
5Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via German Verfassung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerfassungconstitution; condition, state
2Middle High Germanvervaʒʒunge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-