Where does “Kennzeichnung” come from?
Kennzeichnung (German) comes from German kennzeichnen, from German Kennzeichen, from German kennen, from Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennen, from Proto-West Germanic kannijan, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti — to know.
Kennzeichnung (German): flagging, marking; definite description
Definitions
- flagging, marking; definite description
Ancestry of “Kennzeichnung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kennzeichnen | to flag, to mark |
| 2 | German | Kennzeichen | characteristic, mark; earmark, marking, tag;... |
| 3 | German | kennen | to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kennen | to know |
| 5 | Old High German | kennen | to know, to be aware of |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kannijan | to know, to be aware of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |