Where does “Dankbarkeitsbeweis” come from?
Dankbarkeitsbeweis (German) comes from German Beweis, from German beweisen, from German weisen, from Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Dankbarkeitsbeweis (German): token of gratitude
Definitions
- token of gratitude
Ancestry of “Dankbarkeitsbeweis”, step by step
Dankbarkeitsbeweis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Beweis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beweis | proof; evidence, proof |
| 2 | German | beweisen | to prove |
| 3 | German | weisen | to point; to indicate; to show |
| 4 | Middle High German | wīsen | to teach |
| 5 | Old High German | wīsen | to indicate, show |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Dankbarkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dankbarkeit | gratitude, gratefulness, thankfulness |
| 2 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 3 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 5 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |