Where does “Neuankömmling” come from?
Neuankömmling (German) comes from German Ankömmling, from German ankommen, 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.
Neuankömmling (German): newcomer
Definitions
- newcomer
Ancestry of “Neuankömmling”, step by step
Neuankömmling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ankömmling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ankömmling | arrival, new arrival, newcomer, newly arrived... |
| 2 | German | ankommen | to arrive; to depend on; to be important, to... |
| 3 | German | an- | Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,... |
| 4 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German neu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | neu | new; modern, recent, latest |
| 2 | Middle High German | niuwe | new |
| 3 | Old High German | niuwi | new; newness |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | niwi | new |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |