Where does “Artikelwort” come from?
Artikelwort (German) comes from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.
Artikelwort (German): determiner, determinative: a word that can be used just like an [[Appendix:Glossary#article
Definitions
- determiner, determinative: a word that can be used just like an [[Appendix:Glossary#article
Ancestry of “Artikelwort”, step by step
Artikelwort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German wôrt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wôrt | plural word as an isolated unit |
| 2 | Middle High German | wort | word; verb |
| 3 | Old High German | wort | word; verb |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | word | word |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wurdą | word |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werdʰo- | word |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |
via German Artikel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Artikel | article; article, item, ware; article, paragraph,... |
| 2 | Latin | articulus | A point connecting various parts of the body;... |
| 3 | Latin | artus | narrow, close, fitted, confined, dense; severe,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂értus | that which is fit together; juncture, ordering |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |