Where does “Gottesbeweis” come from?
Gottesbeweis (German) comes from German Beweis, from German beweisen, from German weisen, from Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Gottesbeweis (German): proof of the existence of God
Definitions
- proof of the existence of God
Ancestry of “Gottesbeweis”, step by step
Gottesbeweis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Beweis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beweis | proof; evidence, proof |
| 2 | German | beweisen | to prove |
| 3 | German | weisen | to point; to indicate; to show |
| 4 | Middle High German | wīsen | to teach |
| 5 | Old High German | wīsen | to indicate, show |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German gott
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gott | god |
| 2 | Middle High German | got | god; deity |
| 3 | Old High German | got | god |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |