Where does “Vereinsamung” come from?

Vereinsamung (German) comes from German vereinsamen, from German einsam, from German ein, from Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic ain, from Proto-Germanic ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

Vereinsamung (German): loneliness, isolation

Definitions

  1. loneliness, isolation

Ancestry of “Vereinsamung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvereinsamento grow lonely
2Germaneinsamlonely, lone
3Germaneinone; a, an; indicating motion into something
4Middle High Germaneinone
5Old High Germaneinone; only
6Proto-West Germanicainone
7Proto-Germanicainazone; some
8Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ainaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ain →