Where does “zusammenfassen” come from?

zusammenfassen (German) comes from German fassen, from Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German vaz, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

zusammenfassen (German): to summarize, to sum up; to consolidate

Definitions

  1. to summarize, to sum up; to consolidate

Ancestry of “zusammenfassen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfassento gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...
2Middle High Germanvazzen—
3Old High Germanvazvessel
4Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container

Words derived from “zusammenfassen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fatą →Every word from Old High German vaz →