Where does “botschaft” come from?

botschaft (Middle High German) comes from Old High German botoscaft, from Proto-West Germanic bodaskapi, from Proto-Germanic budaskapiz, from Proto-Germanic budą, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

Ancestry of “botschaft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbotoscaft—
2Proto-West Germanicbodaskapimessage; ordinance, command
3Proto-Germanicbudaskapizmessage; ordinance, command
4Proto-Germanicbudąoffer; message
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

Words derived from “botschaft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beudaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic budą →
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