Where does “Abschirmung” come from?
Abschirmung (German) comes from German abschirmen, from German schirmen, from Middle High German schirmen, from Old High German skirmen, from Proto-West Germanic skirmijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Abschirmung (German): shield, shielding; screen, screening; protection
Definitions
- shield, shielding; screen, screening; protection
Ancestry of “Abschirmung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | abschirmen | to screen, to protect |
| 2 | German | schirmen | to shield; to screen or protect |
| 3 | Middle High German | schirmen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | skirmen | to protect |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skirmijan | to protect, defend |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |