Where does “umformulieren” come from?
umformulieren (German) comes from German um, from Middle High German ümbe, from Old High German umbi, from Proto-West Germanic umbi, from Proto-Germanic umbi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts — on, onto.
umformulieren (German): to rephrase, to restate
Definitions
- to rephrase, to restate
Ancestry of “umformulieren”, step by step
umformulieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German um
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | um | about; around; at, by |
| 2 | Middle High German | ümbe | — |
| 3 | Old High German | umbi | around |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | umbi | around |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | umbi | around, about |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German formulieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | formulieren | to frame; formulate; to formulate |
| 2 | French | formuler | to formulate; to express; to word, to put into... |
| 3 | French | formulé | past participle of formuler |
| 4 | Latin | formula | shape, outline; form; beauty; pattern, mould;... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |