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Where does “Frauenbeauftragter” come from?

Frauenbeauftragter (German) comes from German Beauftragter, from German beauftragt, from German beauftragen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos — adjectival suffix.

Frauenbeauftragter (German): male commissioner for women's issues; man charged...

Definitions

  1. male commissioner for women's issues; man charged...

Ancestry of “Frauenbeauftragter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeauftragtermale commissioner
2Germanbeauftragtpast participle of beauftragen
3GermanbeauftragenTo mandate, to legitimize the procuration of an...
4German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
5Middle High German-en—
6Old High German-īn—
7Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
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