Where does “Personalausweis” come from?
Personalausweis (German) comes from German Ausweis, from German ausweisen, from German weisen, from Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Personalausweis (German): identity card, ID card
Definitions
- identity card, ID card
Ancestry of “Personalausweis”, step by step
Personalausweis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ausweis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausweis | identity document; identity card, ID card |
| 2 | German | ausweisen | to expel; show, display; to prove one's identity |
| 3 | German | weisen | to point; to indicate; to show |
| 4 | Middle High German | wīsen | to teach |
| 5 | Old High German | wīsen | to indicate, show |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Personal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Personal | staff, personnel, employees; Short for... |
| 2 | Late Latin | personalis | of a person, personly; personal; of or belonging... |
| 3 | Latin | persona | mask; character; person |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |