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Where does “gemeinschaftsgefuhl” come from?

gemeinschaftsgefuhl (English) comes from German Gemeinschaftsgefühl, from German gefühl, from German ge-, from Middle High German ge-, from Old High German ga-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — resin, gum; to say, speak.

gemeinschaftsgefuhl (English): "Community feeling" or "social interest"; used by...

Definitions

  1. "Community feeling" or "social interest"; used by...

Ancestry of “gemeinschaftsgefuhl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGemeinschaftsgefühlgemeinschaftsgefuhl
2Germangefühl—
3Germange-Forms collective nouns, almost always neuter...
4Middle High Germange-—
5Old High Germanga-with
6Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
7Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
10Middle Englishkyt—
11Germankitt—
12Old High Germankuti—
13Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
14Proto-Germanickweduzresin
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
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