Where does “Lesebestätigung” come from?
Lesebestätigung (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.
Lesebestätigung (German): read receipt
Definitions
- read receipt
Ancestry of “Lesebestätigung”, step by step
Lesebestätigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lesen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lesen | gerund of lesen; reading; reading |
| 2 | Middle High German | lesen | to read, to read aloud |
| 3 | Old High German | lesan | to read, to read aloud; to examine; to collect |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lesan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lesaną | to gather, collect |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | les- | to gather, to collect |
via German Bestätigung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bestätigung | acknowledgment, affirmation, confirmation |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |