Where does “Einfühlungsvermögen” come from?

Einfühlungsvermögen (German) comes from German Einfühlung, from German einfühlen, from German ein-, from Middle High German īn-, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

Einfühlungsvermögen (German): empathy capacity to understand another person's point of view

Definitions

  1. empathy capacity to understand another person's point of view

Ancestry of “Einfühlungsvermögen”, step by step

Einfühlungsvermögen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Einfühlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinfühlungempathy
2Germaneinfühlento empathize
3Germanein-generally indicating motion into something; one,...
4Middle High Germanīn-—
5Old High Germaninin
6Proto-West Germanic*in—
7Proto-Germanicinin; into
8Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via German vermögen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvermögento be able to; may; to cause someone to do...
2Middle High Germanvermügen—
3Old High Germanfirmugan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →