Where does “Informantin” come from?
Informantin (German) comes from German Informant, from German -ant, from Middle High German -ant, from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.
Ancestry of “Informantin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Informant | informant male or of unspecified gender |
| 2 | German | -ant | Forms agent nouns, mostly from verbs of Romance or Latin origin |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ant | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ant | used to form the present participle of verbs |
| 5 | Latin | -āns | Ending of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns |
| 6 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |