Where does “Mengenangabe” come from?

Mengenangabe (German) comes from German Angabe, from German angeben, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

Mengenangabe (German): indication of quantity

Definitions

  1. indication of quantity

Ancestry of “Mengenangabe”, step by step

Mengenangabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Angabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAngabeindication, information, giving or providing;...
2Germanangebento specify, to indicate, to state, to supply; to...
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German menge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmengequantity
2Old High Germanmanagīquantity
3Proto-Germanicmanagį̄multitude, variety
4Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-