Where does “ゲシュタルト療法” come from?

ゲシュタルト療法 (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.

ゲシュタルト療法 (Japanese): gestalt therapy

Definitions

  1. gestalt therapy

Ancestry of “ゲシュタルト療法”, step by step

ゲシュタルト療法 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 療法

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese療法therapy
2Chinese療法therapy; medical treatment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stalljan →Every word from Middle High German gestalt →