Where does “Kurzbezeichnung” come from?
Kurzbezeichnung (German) comes from German Bezeichnung, from German bezeichnen, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną — to point out.
Kurzbezeichnung (German): abbreviation
Definitions
- abbreviation
Ancestry of “Kurzbezeichnung”, step by step
Kurzbezeichnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bezeichnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bezeichnung | designation, denomination, name, term;... |
| 2 | German | bezeichnen | to name (give a name to), to call, to designate, to denote |
| 3 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 4 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 5 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |