Where does “Absenkung” come from?
Absenkung (German) comes from German absenken, from German senken, from Old High German senken, from Proto-Germanic sankwijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Absenkung (German): lowering, sinking; drawdown
Definitions
- lowering, sinking; drawdown
Ancestry of “Absenkung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | absenken | to lower, to sink, to deepen |
| 2 | German | senken | to lower |
| 3 | Old High German | senken | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sankwijaną | to cause to sink |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |