Where does “Comiczeichnerin” come from?
Comiczeichnerin (German) comes from German Comiczeichner, from German Zeichner, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną — to point out.
Ancestry of “Comiczeichnerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Comiczeichner | comics artist male or of unspecified gender one who draws comics or cartoons |
| 2 | German | Zeichner | drawer |
| 3 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 4 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 5 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |