Where does “Lizenznehmer” come from?

Lizenznehmer (German) comes from German nehmen, from Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic neman, from Proto-Germanic nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European nem- — to distribute; to give, to take.

Lizenznehmer (German): licensee

Definitions

  1. licensee

Ancestry of “Lizenznehmer”, step by step

Lizenznehmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German nehmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannehmento take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
2Middle High Germannëmento take
3Old High Germannemanto take
4Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
5Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
6Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take

via German Lizenz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLizenzlicense
2Latinlicentiaa license, freedom, liberty; a liberty which one...
3Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nem-Every word from Proto-Germanic nemanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic neman