Where does “unbedeutend” come from?
unbedeutend (German) comes from German bedeutend, 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 — sound, voice.
unbedeutend (German): insignificant, trifling
Definitions
- insignificant, trifling
Ancestry of “unbedeutend”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bedeutend | significant, meaningful; present participle of... |
| 2 | German | -end | A suffix forming the present participle of German... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -end | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -enti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 7 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 10 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 11 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |