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Where does “Wettervorhersage” come from?

Wettervorhersage (German) comes from German Vorhersage, from German vorhersagen, from German sägen, from Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic saggjan, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé- — to follow; to see; to say.

Wettervorhersage (German): weather forecast

Definitions

  1. weather forecast

Ancestry of “Wettervorhersage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVorhersageprediction, forecast
2Germanvorhersagento forecast, to predict
3Germansägento saw
4Middle High Germansagen—
5Old High Germansagēn—
6Proto-West Germanicsaggjanto say
7Proto-Germanicsagjanąto say
8Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷ-h₁-yé-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →