Where does “Hinweisgeber” come from?
Hinweisgeber (German) comes from German Hinweis, from German hinweisen, 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.
Hinweisgeber (German): whistleblower
Definitions
- whistleblower
Ancestry of “Hinweisgeber”, step by step
Hinweisgeber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hinweis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hinweis | hint; clue; pointer; an act or thing which makes... |
| 2 | German | hinweisen | to portend; to point out |
| 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 Geber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geber | giver, donor, grantor; encoder |
| 2 | Arabic | جابر | to treat with kindness, to be nice; bonesetter,... |
| 3 | Arabic | ب | Abbreviation of باب; with, by; with |
| 4 | Arabic | طَابَق | — |
| 5 | Middle Persian | tʾp̄k' | frying pan |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | tāpaka- | heater {{non-gloss definition|or}} baking place... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | tap- | to warm up, heat; flat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tep- | to be warm, be hot |