Where does “ouppmärksamhet” come from?

ouppmärksamhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish ouppmärksam, 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 — he, she.

ouppmärksamhet (Swedish): inattentiveness

Definitions

  1. inattentiveness

Ancestry of “ouppmärksamhet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishouppmärksaminattentive
2Swedishuppmärksamattentive
3Germanaufmerksamattentive, alert, observant; kind, nice
4Germanaufmerkento observe
5Germanmerkento notice; to memorize, remember; to realize
6Middle High Germanmerken
7Old High Germanmerchen
8Proto-West Germanic*markijanto mark
9Proto-Germanicmarkijanąto mark; to perceive, notice
10Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti