Where does “Hinweisgeberin” come from?
Hinweisgeberin (German) comes from German Hinweisgeber, 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 — he, she.
Ancestry of “Hinweisgeberin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hinweisgeber | whistleblower |
| 2 | German | Hinweis | hint; clue; pointer; an act or thing which makes... |
| 3 | German | hinweisen | to portend; to point out |
| 4 | German | weisen | to point; to indicate; to show |
| 5 | Middle High German | wīsen | to teach |
| 6 | Old High German | wīsen | to indicate, show |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |