Where does “Morgenröte” come from?
Morgenröte (German) comes from German Röte, from German -e, from German Du, from Middle High German dū, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
Morgenröte (German): dawn, aurora
Definitions
- dawn, aurora
Ancestry of “Morgenröte”, step by step
Morgenröte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Röte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Röte | redness |
| 2 | German | -e | stark + API → Stärke; used to form the plural of... |
| 3 | German | Du | Alternative letter-case form of du; literally:... |
| 4 | Middle High German | dū | you thou, singular familiar |
| 5 | Old High German | dū | thou, you second-person singular pronoun |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þū | you |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *þū | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via German Mörgen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mörgen | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | morgen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | morgan | morning |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | morgan | Alternative form of *morgin |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | murganaz | Alternative form of *murginaz; morning |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥kéno | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥Hko | to blink, twinkle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |