Where does “knospend” come from?
knospend (German) comes from German -end, from Middle High German -end, from Old High German -enti, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.
knospend (German): budding
Ancestry of “knospend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | -end | A suffix forming the present participle of German... |
| 2 | Middle High German | -end | — |
| 3 | Old High German | -enti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |