Where does “Lesebeispiel” come from?

Lesebeispiel (German) comes from German Lesen, from Middle High German lesen, from Old High German lesan, from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic lesaną, from Proto-Indo-European les- — to gather, to collect.

Lesebeispiel (German): reading example

Definitions

  1. reading example

Ancestry of “Lesebeispiel”, step by step

Lesebeispiel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Lesen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLesengerund of lesen; reading; reading
2Middle High Germanlesento read, to read aloud
3Old High Germanlesanto read, to read aloud; to examine; to collect
4Proto-West Germanic*lesan—
5Proto-Germaniclesanąto gather, collect
6Proto-Indo-Europeanles-to gather, to collect

via German Beispiel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeispielexample
2Old High Germanbīspelproverb", "example
3Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European les- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lesaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lesan →