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Where does “Anmerkung” come from?

Anmerkung (German) comes from German anmerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

Anmerkung (German): remark; note; comment; annotation

Definitions

  1. remark; note; comment; annotation

Ancestry of “Anmerkung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germananmerkento mark; to note; to make a note of; to observe ...
2Germanmerkento notice; to memorize, remember; to realize
3Middle High Germanmerken—
4Old High Germanmerchen—
5Proto-West Germanic*markijan—
6Proto-Germanicmarkijanąto mark; to perceive, notice
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
10Chichewaiyehe, she
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