Where does “Begegnung” come from?

Begegnung (German) comes from German begegnen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Begegnung (German): encounter, meeting

Definitions

  1. encounter, meeting

Ancestry of “Begegnung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbegegnento meet, to encounter, to come across
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “Begegnung”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →