Where does “Wahlempfehlung” come from?
Wahlempfehlung (German) comes from German Empfehlung, from German empfehlen, from Middle High German enpfelhen, from Old High German intfelhan, from Old High German felhan, from Proto-West Germanic felhan, from Proto-Germanic felhaną, from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)-.
Wahlempfehlung (German): election recommendation
Definitions
- election recommendation
Ancestry of “Wahlempfehlung”, step by step
Wahlempfehlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Empfehlung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Empfehlung | recommendation |
| 2 | German | empfehlen | to recommend; to advocate; to commend; to offer... |
| 3 | Middle High German | enpfelhen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | intfelhan | — |
| 5 | Old High German | felhan | to entrust, to confide; to preserve; to sow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | felhan | to push in |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | felhaną | to enter, to go inside; to put inside, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pele(w)- | — |