Where does “Bürgersinn” come from?
Bürgersinn (German) comes from German Bürger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Bürgersinn (German): public spirit
Definitions
- public spirit
Ancestry of “Bürgersinn”, step by step
Bürgersinn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bürger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bürger | citizen, inhabitant, resident; legally recognized... |
| 2 | English | Burger | Alternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine... |
| 3 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German sinn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sinn | singular imperative of sinnen |
| 2 | Middle High German | sīn | to be, become |
| 3 | Old High German | sīn | his; to be |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sinn | sense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |