Where does “aufmerksam” come from?
aufmerksam (German) comes from German aufmerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
aufmerksam (German): attentive, alert, observant; kind, nice
Definitions
- attentive, alert, observant; kind, nice
Ancestry of “aufmerksam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | aufmerken | to observe |
| 2 | German | merken | to notice; to memorize, remember; to realize |
| 3 | Middle High German | merken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | merchen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “aufmerksam”
- uppmärksam
- opmærksom
- oppmerksom
- Aufmerksamkeit
- unaufmerksam
- uppmärksamma
- opmærksomhed
- oppmerksomhet
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-Hyperaktivitätsstörung
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit
- aufmerksamkeitsgeil
- Aufmerksamkeitsspanne
- Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie
- ouppmärksam
- uopmærksom
- Unaufmerksamkeit
- uppmärksamhet
- uoppmerksomhet
- Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitsyndrom
- ouppmärksamhet
- uopmærksomhed