Where does “Lantärne” come from?

Lantärne (Alemannic German) comes from Italian lanterna, from Latin lanterna, from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ, from Ancient Greek -τήρ, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Lantärne (Alemannic German): lantern

Definitions

  1. lantern

Ancestry of “Lantärne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlanternalantern; lighthouse
2Latinlanternalantern, lamp; torch
3Ancient Greekλαμπτήρlighter, torch, lantern
4Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήρ →Every word from Ancient Greek λαμπτήρ →