Where does “Indefinitpronomen” come from?
Indefinitpronomen (German) comes from German Pronomen, from Latin prōnōmen, from Latin nōmen, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
Indefinitpronomen (German): indefinite pronoun
Ancestry of “Indefinitpronomen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Pronomen | pronoun ; pronoun , or pronominal adjective or... |
| 2 | Latin | prōnōmen | — |
| 3 | Latin | nōmen | — |
| 4 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |