Where does “Nebenbedeutung” come from?

Nebenbedeutung (German) comes from German Bedeutung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Nebenbedeutung (German): connotation

Definitions

  1. connotation

Ancestry of “Nebenbedeutung”, step by step

Nebenbedeutung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bedeutung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBedeutungmeaning, sense; meaning, significance, importance
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German neben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannebennext to, beside, alongside, adjacent to, near,...
2Middle High Germanneben—
3Germanin ebanī—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from German -ung →Every word from Old High German -unga →