Where does “Auflösungszeichen” come from?
Auflösungszeichen (German) comes from German Auflösung, from German auflösen, from German lösen, from Dutch lozen, from Middle Dutch lôsen, from Old Dutch lōsen, from Proto-West Germanic lausijan, from Proto-Germanic lausijaną — he, she.
Auflösungszeichen (German): natural sign, natural
Definitions
- natural sign, natural
Ancestry of “Auflösungszeichen”, step by step
Auflösungszeichen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Auflösung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Auflösung | resolution |
| 2 | German | auflösen | to break up, dissipate, sever; to dissolve; to... |
| 3 | German | lösen | to loose; to loosen; to detach; to remove; to... |
| 4 | Dutch | lozen | to drain, to discharge; to drive away, to force... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | lôsen | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lōsen | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lausijan | to release, to set free |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lausijaną | to make loose; to release, to set free |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |