Where does “kennzeichnen” come from?
kennzeichnen (German) comes from German Kennzeichen, from German kennen, from Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennen, from Proto-West Germanic kannijan, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
kennzeichnen (German): to flag, to mark
Definitions
- to flag, to mark
Ancestry of “kennzeichnen”, step by step
kennzeichnen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kennzeichen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kennzeichen | characteristic, mark; earmark, marking, tag;... |
| 2 | German | kennen | to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kennen | to know |
| 4 | Old High German | kennen | to know, to be aware of |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kannijan | to know, to be aware of |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via German zeichnen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 2 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |