Where does “Zeichensetzung” come from?
Zeichensetzung (German) comes from German Setzung, from German setzen, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Zeichensetzung (German): punctuation
Definitions
- punctuation
Ancestry of “Zeichensetzung”, step by step
Zeichensetzung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Setzung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Setzung | setting, settlement, positing |
| 2 | German | setzen | to set; to put; to sit down; to settle |
| 3 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |