allmächtig
/ʔalˈmɛçtɪç/ · adj
Meaning
- omnipotent, all-powerful, almighty
Etymology / origin
From Middle High German almehtec, from Old High German almahtīg, alamahtīg, from Proto-West Germanic *alamahtīg, from Proto-Germanic *alamahtīgaz. Equivalent to all (“all”) + -mächtig (“mighty”). Synchronically also analyzable as Allmacht (“omnipotence”) + -ig, although Allmacht in fact represents a back-formation from the adjective. Cognates include Dutch almachtig, English almighty, and Old Norse almáttigr (whence Icelandic and Faroese almáttugur).
- almáttugur(fo)→
- -(is)→
- almáttigr(non)→
- almighty(English)→
- almachtig(Dutch)→
- *alamahtīgaz(gem-pro)→
- *alamahtīg(gmw-pro)→
- almahtīg(goh)→
- almehtec(gmh)→
- allmächtig (German)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- almachtig(Cimbrian) (cog)
- allmächteg(Luxembourgish) (cog)
- אַלמעכטיק(Yiddish) (cog)
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