Where does “Umgestaltung” come from?
Umgestaltung (German) comes from German um, from Middle High German ümbe, from Old High German umbi, from Proto-West Germanic umbi, from Proto-Germanic umbi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts — on, onto.
Umgestaltung (German): transfiguration
Definitions
- transfiguration
Ancestry of “Umgestaltung”, step by step
Umgestaltung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German um
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | um | about; around; at, by |
| 2 | Middle High German | ümbe | — |
| 3 | Old High German | umbi | around |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | umbi | around |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | umbi | around, about |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German Gestaltung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gestaltung | design, styling, arrangement |
| 2 | German | gestalten | to form, to shape, to create, to arrange |
| 3 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |