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Where does “Verlagswesen” come from?

Verlagswesen (German) comes from German wēsen, from Middle High German wësen, from Old High German wesan, from Proto-West Germanic wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

Verlagswesen (German): publishing

Definitions

  1. publishing

Ancestry of “Verlagswesen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwēsen—
2Middle High Germanwësen—
3Old High Germanwesanto be, exist
4Proto-West Germanicwesanto be
5Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
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