Where does “Synsemantikum” come from?
Synsemantikum (German) comes from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.
Synsemantikum (German): function word
Definitions
- function word
Ancestry of “Synsemantikum”, step by step
Synsemantikum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek σύν
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
via German Semantik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Semantik | semantics |
| 2 | Dutch | semantiek | semantics |
| 3 | French | sémantique | semantic; semantics |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σημαντικός | significant, giving signs |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |