Where does “Bestimmungswort” come from?
Bestimmungswort (German) comes from German Bestimmung, from German bestimmen, from German stimmen, from German stimme, from Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō — mouth, muzzle.
Bestimmungswort (German): determiner; determinans or modifier in a compound
Definitions
- determiner; determinans or modifier in a compound
Ancestry of “Bestimmungswort”, step by step
Bestimmungswort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bestimmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bestimmung | determination; destination; appointment,... |
| 2 | German | bestimmen | to determine |
| 3 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 4 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |