Where does “uopmærksomhed” come from?
uopmærksomhed (Danish) comes from Danish uopmærksom, 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 — he, she.
uopmærksomhed (Danish): inattention, inattentiveness
Definitions
- inattention, inattentiveness
Ancestry of “uopmærksomhed”, step by step
uopmærksomhed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish uopmærksom
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | uopmærksom | inattentive, distracted, oblivious |
| 2 | Danish | opmærksom | alert, attentive, mindful, observant, observing,... |
| 3 | German | aufmerksam | attentive, alert, observant; kind, nice |
| 4 | German | aufmerken | to observe |
| 5 | German | merken | to notice; to memorize, remember; to realize |
| 6 | Middle High German | merken | — |
| 7 | Old High German | merchen | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |