Where does “fabelwezen” come from?
fabelwezen (Dutch) comes from German Fabelwesen, from German fabel, from Middle Dutch fabele, from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
fabelwezen (Dutch): mythical, legendary or otherwise imaginary creature
Definitions
- mythical, legendary or otherwise imaginary creature
Ancestry of “fabelwezen”, step by step
fabelwezen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fabelwesen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fabelwesen | mythical creature |
| 2 | German | fabel | fable |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | fabele | — |
| 4 | Old French | fable | fable, story |
| 5 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Dutch wezen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wezen | A being, creature; system, sector, institution;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wēsen | to be |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wesan | to be |
via Dutch fabel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fabel | A legend, a fable; Something untrue, a fable, a... |