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
Definitions
- indefinite pronoun
Ancestry of “Indefinitpronomen”, step by step
Indefinitpronomen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Pronomen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pronomen | pronoun (sensu lato); pronoun (sensu stricto), or pronominal adjective or determiner |
| 2 | Latin | prōnōmen | pronoun |
| 3 | Latin | nōmen | name |
| 4 | Latin | est | third-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ésti | to be |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via German indefinit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | indefinit | indefinite |