Where does “geheimniskrämerisch” come from?
geheimniskrämerisch (German) comes from German Geheimniskrämer, from German Geheimnis, from German geheim, from German ge-, from Middle High German ge-, from Old High German ga-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin.
geheimniskrämerisch (German): secretive
Definitions
- secretive
Ancestry of “geheimniskrämerisch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geheimniskrämer | mystery-monger |
| 2 | German | Geheimnis | secret |
| 3 | German | geheim | secret |
| 4 | German | ge- | Forms collective nouns, almost always neuter... |
| 5 | Middle High German | ge- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ga- | with |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |