Where does “Krankheitsanzeichen” come from?

Krankheitsanzeichen (German) comes from German Anzeichen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

Krankheitsanzeichen (German): signs of disease

Definitions

  1. signs of disease

Ancestry of “Krankheitsanzeichen”, step by step

Krankheitsanzeichen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anzeichen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnzeichensign, indication
2Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
3Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German Krankheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKrankheitsickness, illness; disease
2Middle High Germankrancheitsickness, illness, infirmity
3Middle High Germankranc
4Old High Germankrank
5Proto-West Germanickrankweak, sick
6Proto-Germanickrankazbent; crooked; weak
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an