Where does “Wirklichkeitssinn” come from?
Wirklichkeitssinn (German) comes from German sinn, from Middle High German sīn, from Old High German sīn, from Proto-West Germanic sinn, from Proto-Germanic sinnaz, from Proto-Indo-European sentnós, from Proto-Indo-European sent-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.
Wirklichkeitssinn (German): sense of reality
Definitions
- sense of reality
Ancestry of “Wirklichkeitssinn”, step by step
Wirklichkeitssinn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German sinn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sinn | singular imperative of sinnen |
| 2 | Middle High German | sīn | to be, become |
| 3 | Old High German | sīn | his; to be |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sinn | sense, perception; sense, meaning; reason, mental... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sinnaz | sense, perception; sense, meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sentnós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sent- | to head for, to go, to travel; to feel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁es- | to be |
via German Wirklichkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wirklichkeit | reality |
| 2 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 3 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 5 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |