Where does “Bedienungsanleitung” come from?

Bedienungsanleitung (German) comes from German Anleitung, from German anleiten, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

Bedienungsanleitung (German): operating manual, user's guide

Definitions

  1. operating manual, user's guide

Ancestry of “Bedienungsanleitung”, step by step

Bedienungsanleitung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anleitung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnleitungguidance; manual; tutorial
2Germananleitento guide or to train; to incite
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German Bedienung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBedienungservice; waiter, waitress; operation
2Germanbedienento serve; to operate; to play a card according to...
3Germandienento serve
4Middle High Germandienen
5Old High Germandionōnto serve
6Proto-West Germanic*þewanōnto serve
7Proto-Germanicþewanōnąto serve
8Proto-Indo-Europeantekʷ-to run, to flow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-
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