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Interesting. The german word entscheiden (decide) is also based on scheiden (to part) as in Scheidung (divorce) and dahinscheiden (to die slowly). And even more
by ben_bai 5y ago
Interesting. The german word entscheiden (decide) is also based on scheiden (to part) as in Scheidung (divorce) and dahinscheiden (to die slowly). And even more meanings from the same root-word.
- fbcpck 5y agoInteresting. In Indonesian the same pattern exists too: memutuskan (to decide) and keputusan (decision) is based on putus (cut off).
- Mediterraneo10 5y agoThis is called a calque. After Latin became the prestige language if Western Europe, German coined new words on the basis of the Latin by matching the Latin prefix and root to German equivalents. There are many, many examples.
- janderson215 5y agoThank you for the word! I saw this pattern many times while learning German and it is difficult to articulate the the feeling of linguistic connectedness to somebody who doesn’t have an interest in other languages. This term helps :-)