Where does “Gesichtserkennung” come from?

Gesichtserkennung (German) comes from German Gesicht, from Middle High German gesiht, from Old High German gisiht, from Proto-West Germanic gasihti, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Gesichtserkennung (German): facial recognition

Definitions

  1. facial recognition

Ancestry of “Gesichtserkennung”, step by step

Gesichtserkennung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gesicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGesichtthe face; a facial expression, a look; outward...
2Middle High Germangesiht
3Old High Germangisiht
4Proto-West Germanicgasihtisight
5Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
6Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt
10Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
11Old High Germankuti
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via German Erkennung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErkennungrecognition, identification; detection; cognition
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-