Etymology Explorer › German

Where does “Aufzeichnung” come from?

Aufzeichnung (German) comes from German aufzeichnen, from German auf-, from German auf, from Middle High German ūf, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

Aufzeichnung (German): record, recording; outline, note

Definitions

  1. record, recording; outline, note

Ancestry of “Aufzeichnung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanaufzeichnento record, take minutes of
2Germanauf-A separable prefix; similar to English up up-;...
3Germanaufon, upon; on, onto, up; on
4Middle High Germanūf—
5Old High Germanūf—
6Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
7Proto-Germanicubunder
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →