Where does “Wettrennen” come from?
Wettrennen (German) comes from German wette, from Middle High German wette, from Middle Dutch wette, from Proto-Germanic witōþą, from Proto-Germanic witōdaz, from Proto-Germanic witōną, from Proto-Germanic witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.
Wettrennen (German): race
Definitions
- race
Ancestry of “Wettrennen”, step by step
Wettrennen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German wette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wette | inflection of wetten: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wette | pledge, deposit, pawn |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wette | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | witōþą | law; what is known or observed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | witōdaz | past participle of *witōną |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | witōną | to know; to destine |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witaną | to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via German Rennen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rennen | race, a competitive event in sports; the act of... |
| 2 | Old High German | rennan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rannijaną | to cause to run; to cause to flow |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |