Where does “umiarkowanie” come from?
umiarkowanie (Polish) comes from Polish umiarkowany, from Polish umiarkować, from Polish miarkować, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną — he, she.
umiarkowanie (Polish): moderation, restraint, temperance
Definitions
- moderation, restraint, temperance
Ancestry of “umiarkowanie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | umiarkowany | moderate |
| 2 | Polish | umiarkować | to curb, to restrain, to temper |
| 3 | Polish | miarkować | to measure out |
| 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 |