Where does “versandkostenfrei” come from?
versandkostenfrei (German) comes from German Versandkosten, from German Versand, from German versenden, from German senden, from Middle High German senden, from Old High German senten, from Proto-Germanic sandijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
versandkostenfrei (German): free of shipping costs
Ancestry of “versandkostenfrei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Versandkosten | shipping costs |
| 2 | German | Versand | shipping, shipment, dispatch |
| 3 | German | versenden | to ship, to dispatch |
| 4 | German | senden | to broadcast; to transmit; to send |
| 5 | Middle High German | senden | — |
| 6 | Old High German | senten | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sandijaną | to send |
| 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 |