Where does “verheißungsvoll” come from?
verheißungsvoll (German) comes from German Verheißung, from German verheißen, from German heißen, from Middle High German heiȥen, from Old High German heizen, from Proto-West Germanic haitijan, from Proto-Germanic haitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
verheißungsvoll (German): promising, auspicious; alluring
Definitions
- promising, auspicious; alluring
Ancestry of “verheißungsvoll”, step by step
verheißungsvoll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verheißung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verheißung | promise |
| 2 | German | verheißen | to promise; promised |
| 3 | German | heißen | to have a name; to be named; to be called; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | heiȥen | to be called, to call |
| 5 | Old High German | heizen | to heat |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |