Where does “Lesezeichen” come from?
Lesezeichen (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.
Lesezeichen (German): bookmark
Definitions
- bookmark
Ancestry of “Lesezeichen”, step by step
Lesezeichen 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 |