Where does “Volksbezeichnung” come from?
Volksbezeichnung (German) comes from German Bezeichnung, from German bezeichnen, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną — to point out.
Volksbezeichnung (German): demonym, gentilic
Definitions
- demonym, gentilic
Ancestry of “Volksbezeichnung”, step by step
Volksbezeichnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bezeichnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bezeichnung | designation, denomination, name, term;... |
| 2 | German | bezeichnen | to name (give a name to), to call, to designate, to denote |
| 3 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 4 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 5 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |