Where does “Begegnungsstätte” come from?
Begegnungsstätte (German) comes from German Begegnung, 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.
Begegnungsstätte (German): meeting center
Definitions
- meeting center
Ancestry of “Begegnungsstätte”, step by step
Begegnungsstätte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Begegnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Begegnung | encounter, meeting |
| 2 | German | begegnen | to meet, to encounter, to come across |
| 3 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via German Stätte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stätte | venue, place, spot |
| 2 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 3 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |