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Where does “Vorbemerkung” come from?

Vorbemerkung (German) comes from German Bemerkung, from German bemerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.

Vorbemerkung (German): preliminary note remark, preamble, preface

Definitions

  1. preliminary note remark, preamble, preface

Ancestry of “Vorbemerkung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBemerkungremark
2Germanbemerkento notice, to perceive; to remark, to mention, to...
3Germanmerkento notice; to memorize, remember; to realize
4Middle High Germanmerken—
5Old High Germanmerchen—
6Proto-West Germanic*markijan—
7Proto-Germanicmarkijanąto mark; to perceive, notice
8Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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