Where does “zugutehalten” come from?
zugutehalten (German) comes from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt, from Proto-Germanic haltaz, from Proto-Indo-European kol-d-, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
zugutehalten (German): to give credit, to grant, to make allowance for something, to be fair
Definitions
- to give credit, to grant, to make allowance for something, to be fair
Ancestry of “zugutehalten”, step by step
zugutehalten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German halten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | halten | to hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to... |
| 2 | English | halt | To limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in... |
| 3 | Middle English | halt | Limping, lame, crippled |
| 4 | Old English | healt | lame, limping |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | halt | lame, halt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haltaz | lame, halt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kol-d- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |
via German zugute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zugute | indicates something is for the benefit of the dative object of the verb |
| 2 | German | zū | to, towards |
| 3 | Middle High German | zuo | to |
| 4 | Old High German | zuo | to |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |