Where does “vlammenwerper” come from?
vlammenwerper (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
vlammenwerper (Dutch): a flamethrower
Definitions
- a flamethrower
Ancestry of “vlammenwerper”, step by step
vlammenwerper traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vlam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vlam | flame; love interest, partner |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vlamme | flame |
| 3 | Old Dutch | flamma | flame |
| 4 | Old French | flamme | — |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via German Flammenwerfer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flammenwerfer | flamethrower; blowlamp; flame gun |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |