Where does “Gendersternchen” come from?
Gendersternchen (German) comes from German Gender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Gendersternchen (German): asterisk (*) inserted to mark a word as gender-neutral
Definitions
- asterisk (*) inserted to mark a word as gender-neutral
Ancestry of “Gendersternchen”, step by step
Gendersternchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gender | gender, especially as a social category |
| 2 | English | gender | kind |
| 3 | Middle English | gender | — |
| 4 | Middle French | gendre | — |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via German Sternchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sternchen | little star |
| 2 | German | stern | a star; a small luminous dot that can be seen on the night sky |
| 3 | Middle High German | stërne | star |
| 4 | Old High German | sterno | star |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sternō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sternô | star |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |