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Where does “begrebsdannelse” come from?

begrebsdannelse (Danish) comes from Danish dannelse, from Danish -else, from Danish -ilse, from Old Saxon -isli, from Proto-West Germanic -islī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

begrebsdannelse (Danish): formation of concept

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Ancestry of “begrebsdannelse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdannelsecoming into being, formation; culturedness,...
2Danish-elseadded to a verb to form a noun for an action or...
3Danish-ilse—
4Old Saxon-isli—
5Proto-West Germanic-islīUsed to form nouns from verbs denoting something...
6Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
7Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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