Where does “Zeichenerkennung” come from?

Zeichenerkennung (German) comes from German Erkennung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Zeichenerkennung (German): character recognition

Definitions

  1. character recognition

Ancestry of “Zeichenerkennung”, step by step

Zeichenerkennung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Erkennung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErkennungrecognition, identification; detection; cognition
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German zeichen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzeichensign, token
2Old High Germanzeihhansign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol
3Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
4Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from German -ung →Every word from Old High German -unga →