Where does “Gefängniswärter” come from?
Gefängniswärter (German) comes from German Gefängnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Gefängniswärter (German): prison officer, prison guard, prison warder (warder), turnkey male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- prison officer, prison guard, prison warder (warder), turnkey male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Gefängniswärter”, step by step
Gefängniswärter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gefängnis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gefängnis | prison, jail; prison |
| 2 | German | -nis | A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -nisse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -nissī | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |