Where does “Spürsinn” come from?
Spürsinn (German) comes from German spüren, from Middle High German spüren, from Old High German spurien, from Proto-Germanic spurjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Spürsinn (German): nose
Definitions
- nose
Ancestry of “Spürsinn”, step by step
Spürsinn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German spüren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spüren | to sense |
| 2 | Middle High German | spüren | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spurien | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spurjaną | to feel, touch; to study; to search; to examine;... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | 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 |