Where does “mitfolgen” come from?
mitfolgen (German) comes from German folgēn, from Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
mitfolgen (German): to follow along
Definitions
- to follow along
Ancestry of “mitfolgen”, step by step
mitfolgen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German folgēn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | folgēn | to follow on the same path or in a sequence |
| 2 | Middle High German | volgen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folgēn | to follow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folgēn | to follow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulgāną | to follow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via German mit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mit | with; with, by; at |
| 2 | Middle High German | mite | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mit | with |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together; middle, mid |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |