Where does “Bedeutungsverengung” come from?
Bedeutungsverengung (German) comes from German Verengung, from German verengen, from German eng, from Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic anguz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énǵʰus — to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
Bedeutungsverengung (German): semantic narrowing
Definitions
- semantic narrowing
Ancestry of “Bedeutungsverengung”, step by step
Bedeutungsverengung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verengung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verengung | narrowing, constriction, restriction, stricture |
| 2 | German | verengen | to constrict, to make narrower; to take in; to... |
| 3 | German | eng | narrow, tight |
| 4 | Middle High German | enge | — |
| 5 | Old High German | engi | narrow; narrowness |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *angī | narrow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | anguz | narrow, tight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |