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Where does “allmächtig” come from?

allmächtig (German) comes from Middle High German almehtec, from Old High German almahtīg, from Proto-West Germanic *alamahtīg, from Proto-Germanic alamahtīgaz, from Proto-Germanic mahtīgaz, from Proto-Germanic mahtiz, from Proto-Germanic mahtuz, from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtis.

allmächtig (German): omnipotent, all-powerful, almighty

Definitions

  1. omnipotent, all-powerful, almighty

Ancestry of “allmächtig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanalmehtec—
2Old High Germanalmahtīg—
3Proto-West Germanic*alamahtīg—
4Proto-Germanicalamahtīgazalmighty
5Proto-Germanicmahtīgazmighty
6Proto-Germanicmahtizpower, ability; strength, force
7Proto-Germanicmahtuzmight, power
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—

Words derived from “allmächtig”

  • Allmächtigkeit
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