Where does “verständigen” come from?

verständigen (German) comes from German verständig, from German Verstand, from German verstehen, from Middle High German verstān, from Old High German firstān, from Proto-Germanic frastāną.

verständigen (German): To notify, inform, advise; To warn, alert; To...

Definitions

  1. To notify, inform, advise; To warn, alert; To...

Ancestry of “verständigen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverständigsingular imperative of verständigen; first-person...
2GermanVerstandintellect; accord, consensus; sense, particular...
3Germanverstehento understand, comprehend; to know, know how to,...
4Middle High Germanverstān—
5Old High Germanfirstān—
6Proto-Germanicfrastāną—

Words derived from “verständigen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic frastāną →Every word from Old High German firstān →Every word from Middle High German verstān →