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Where does “feinfühlend” come from?

feinfühlend (German) comes from German fein, from Middle High German fīn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

feinfühlend (German): sensitive, delicate; empathetic, tactful

Definitions

  1. sensitive, delicate; empathetic, tactful

Ancestry of “feinfühlend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfeinfine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;...
2Middle High Germanfīn—
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—
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