Where does “Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung” come from?
Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung (German) comes from German Bedeutung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung (German): generalization of meaning
Definitions
- generalization of meaning
Ancestry of “Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung”, step by step
Bedeutungsverallgemeinerung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bedeutung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bedeutung | meaning, sense; meaning, significance, importance |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |
via German Verallgemeinerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verallgemeinerung | generalization |