Where does “Bemierkung” come from?
Bemierkung (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish bemierken, from German Bemerkung, from German bemerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną — he, she.
Bemierkung (Luxembourgish): remark
Definitions
- remark
Ancestry of “Bemierkung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | bemierken | to notice |
| 2 | German | Bemerkung | remark |
| 3 | German | bemerken | to notice, to perceive; to remark, to mention, to... |
| 4 | German | merken | to notice; to memorize, remember; to realize |
| 5 | Middle High German | merken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | merchen | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |