Where does “Bedeutungswandel” come from?

Bedeutungswandel (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.".

Bedeutungswandel (German): semantic change, semantic shift

Definitions

  1. semantic change, semantic shift

Ancestry of “Bedeutungswandel”, step by step

Bedeutungswandel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bedeutung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBedeutungmeaning, sense; meaning, significance, importance
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German Wandel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWandeltransformation, change; conduct, behaviour
2Old High Germanwandil—
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