Where does “ゲシュタルト心理学” come from?

ゲシュタルト心理学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese ゲシュタルト, from German gestalt, from Middle High German gestalt, from Proto-West Germanic stalljan, from Proto-Indo-European stel- — to put, to place; to locate.

ゲシュタルト心理学 (Japanese): gestalt psychology

Definitions

  1. gestalt psychology

Ancestry of “ゲシュタルト心理学”, step by step

ゲシュタルト心理学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ゲシュタルト

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseゲシュタルトgestalt
2Germangestaltshape, form, figure, outline
3Middle High Germangestalt
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Japanese 心理学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese心理学psychology
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljanEvery word from Middle High German gestalt