Where does “Gesichtslähmung” come from?
Gesichtslähmung (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,...
Gesichtslähmung (German): facial paralysis, facial nerve paralysis, facial palsy
Definitions
- facial paralysis, facial nerve paralysis, facial palsy
Ancestry of “Gesichtslähmung”, step by step
Gesichtslähmung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gesicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gesicht | the face; a facial expression, a look; outward... |
| 2 | Middle High German | gesiht | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gisiht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gasihti | sight |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Lähmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lähmung | paralysis |
| 2 | German | lähmen | to paralyze |
| 3 | Middle High German | lemen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | lemmen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lamjaną | to bash, hit; to lame, cripple |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |