Where does “Gänsefüßchen” come from?

Gänsefüßchen (German) comes from German -chen, from Middle High German -echen.

Gänsefüßchen (German): quotation mark

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Ancestry of “Gänsefüßchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-chennowadays the most common suffix to create a...
2Middle High German-echen—
Every word from Middle High German -echen →Every word from German -chen →