Where does “Lerntheorie” come from?

Lerntheorie (German) comes from German lernēn, from Middle High German lernen, from Old High German lernēn, from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnēn.

Lerntheorie (German): theory of learning

Definitions

  1. theory of learning

Ancestry of “Lerntheorie”, step by step

Lerntheorie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lernēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlernēn—
2Middle High Germanlernen—
3Old High Germanlernēnto learn, study
4Proto-West Germanic*liʀnēn—

via German Theorie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTheorietheory
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnēn →Every word from Old High German lernēn →Every word from Middle High German lernen →