Where does “anflehen” come from?
anflehen (German) comes from German flehen, from Middle High German vlēhen, from Old High German flēhan, from Proto-West Germanic flaihijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
anflehen (German): to beg, to beseech
Definitions
- to beg, to beseech
Ancestry of “anflehen”, step by step
anflehen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German flehen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | flehen | to entreat, to beg |
| 2 | Middle High German | vlēhen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | flēhan | to entreat |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | flaihijan | to be sly, be sneaky; to coax, flatter |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |