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Where does “bemerken” come from?

bemerken (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

bemerken (German): to notice, to perceive; to remark, to mention, to...

Definitions

  1. to notice, to perceive; to remark, to mention, to...

Ancestry of “bemerken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmerkento notice; to memorize, remember; to realize
2Middle High Germanmerken—
3Old High Germanmerchen—
4Proto-West Germanic*markijan—
5Proto-Germanicmarkijanąto mark; to perceive, notice
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “bemerken”

  • bemerkbar
  • Bemerkung
  • Vorbemerkung
  • bemerkenswert
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