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Where does “Ergebnis” come from?

Ergebnis (German) comes from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Ergebnis (German): result, outcome, conclusion, finding, fruit,...

Definitions

  1. result, outcome, conclusion, finding, fruit,...

Ancestry of “Ergebnis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
2Middle High German-nisse—
3Old High German-nissī—
4Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
5Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
6Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
7Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Ergebnis”

  • Untersuchungsergebnis
  • Wahlergebnis
  • ergebnisoffen
  • Endergebnis
  • Betriebsergebnis
  • Versuchsergebnis
  • ergebnislos
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