Where does “Sinnesempfindung” come from?
Sinnesempfindung (German) comes from German sinn, from Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic sinn, from Proto-Germanic sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European sentnós, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
Sinnesempfindung (German): sensation of stimuli
Definitions
- sensation of stimuli
Ancestry of “Sinnesempfindung”, step by step
Sinnesempfindung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via German Empfindung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Empfindung | sensation; feeling, emotion |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |