Where does “Feldverweis” come from?
Feldverweis (German) comes from German Verweis, from German verweisen, 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.
Feldverweis (German): dismissal from the playing field
Definitions
- dismissal from the playing field
Ancestry of “Feldverweis”, step by step
Feldverweis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verweis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verweis | reference |
| 2 | German | verweisen | to refer; to relegate |
| 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 feld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | feld | field plot of open land, especially one used to grow crops |
| 2 | Middle High German | vëlt | — |
| 3 | Old High German | feld | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |