Where does “Gebrauchsanweisung” come from?
Gebrauchsanweisung (German) comes from German Anweisung, from German anweisen, 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.
Gebrauchsanweisung (German): instruction sheet, directions for use, operating...
Definitions
- instruction sheet, directions for use, operating...
Ancestry of “Gebrauchsanweisung”, step by step
Gebrauchsanweisung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Anweisung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Anweisung | directive, order |
| 2 | German | anweisen | to direct, order |
| 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 |