Where does “Orientierungssinn” come from?
Orientierungssinn (German) comes from German Orientierung, from German orientieren, from French orienter, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
Orientierungssinn (German): sense of orientation
Definitions
- sense of orientation
Ancestry of “Orientierungssinn”, step by step
Orientierungssinn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Orientierung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Orientierung | orientation |
| 2 | German | orientieren | to orient oneself; to orientate oneself |
| 3 | French | orienter | to orientate; to set to north; to guide |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German sinn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sinn | singular imperative of sinnen |
| 2 | Middle High German | sīn | to be, become |
| 3 | Old High German | sīn | his; to be |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sinn | sense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |