Where does “Merkspruch” come from?
Merkspruch (German) comes from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Merkspruch (German): mnemonic
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Ancestry of “Merkspruch”, step by step
Merkspruch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German merken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | merken | to notice; to memorize, remember; to realize |
| 2 | Middle High German | merken | — |
| 3 | Old High German | merchen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German spruch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spruch | short saying, expression or dictum that is remembered or is meaningful in itself |
| 2 | Middle High German | spruch | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spruh | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sprukiz | saying; a saying, saw |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |