Where does “Todesanzeige” come from?
Todesanzeige (German) comes from German Anzeige, from German anzeigen, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
Todesanzeige (German): obituary
Definitions
- obituary
Ancestry of “Todesanzeige”, step by step
Todesanzeige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Anzeige
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Anzeige | advertisement, announcement; display; charge,... |
| 2 | German | anzeigen | to display; to indicate; to report |
| 3 | German | an- | Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,... |
| 4 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |