Where does “ouppmärksam” come from?
ouppmärksam (Swedish) comes from Swedish uppmärksam, from German aufmerksam, from German aufmerken, from German merken, from Middle High German merken, from Old High German merchen, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną — he, she.
ouppmärksam (Swedish): inattentive
Definitions
- inattentive
Ancestry of “ouppmärksam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | uppmärksam | attentive |
| 2 | German | aufmerksam | attentive, alert, observant; kind, nice |
| 3 | German | aufmerken | to observe |
| 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 |