Where does “Gegenzeichnerin” come from?
Gegenzeichnerin (German) comes from German Gegenzeichner, from German gegenzeichnen, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną — to point out.
Ancestry of “Gegenzeichnerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gegenzeichner | countersignatory, countersigner |
| 2 | German | gegenzeichnen | to countersign |
| 3 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 4 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 5 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |