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Where does “Erinnerungsmarke” come from?

Erinnerungsmarke (German) comes from German Erinnerung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Erinnerungsmarke (German): sealing stamp; a stamp or mark left as a memento

Definitions

  1. sealing stamp; a stamp or mark left as a memento

Ancestry of “Erinnerungsmarke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErinnerungmemory ; remembrance; reminder, something that...
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “Erinnerungsmarke”

  • erinnofilia
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