Where does “opmærksomhed” come from?
opmærksomhed (Danish) comes from Danish opmærksom, from German aufmerksam, from German aufmerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną — he, she.
opmærksomhed (Danish): attention
Definitions
- attention
Ancestry of “opmærksomhed”, step by step
opmærksomhed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish opmærksom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | opmærksom | alert, attentive, mindful, observant, observing,... |
| 2 | German | aufmerksam | attentive, alert, observant; kind, nice |
| 3 | German | aufmerken | to observe |
| 4 | German | merken | to notice; to memorize, remember; to realize |
| 5 | Middle High German | merken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | merchen | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |