Where does “Inhaltsverzeichnis” come from?

Inhaltsverzeichnis (German) comes from German Inhalt, from German Verzeichnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Inhaltsverzeichnis (German): table of contents

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Ancestry of “Inhaltsverzeichnis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInhaltcontent
2GermanVerzeichnisindex; directory
3German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
4Middle High German-nisse
5Old High German-nissī
6Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
7Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
8Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
9Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from German -nis