Where does “Auerbachian” come from?
Auerbachian (English) comes from English ian, from Irish Eoin, from Old Irish Iohain, from Latin Iōannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة.
Auerbachian (English): Of or relating to Erich Auerbach (1892–1957), philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature
Definitions
- Of or relating to Erich Auerbach (1892–1957), philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature
Ancestry of “Auerbachian”, step by step
Auerbachian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ian | — |
| 2 | Irish | Eoin | John any of several people in the Bible |
| 3 | Old Irish | Iohain | John apostle |
| 4 | Latin | Iōannēs | John biblical persons |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰωάννης | — |
| 6 | Hebrew | יוחנן | Yahweh is gracious |
| 7 | Hebrew | חנון | gracious, merciful, compassionate; passive... |
| 8 | Moroccan Arabic | خنونة | mucus, snot |
| 9 | Arabic | خُنَّة | — |
via English Auerbach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Auerbach | — |
| 2 | German | Auerbach | — |
| 3 | German | Aue | A flat, wooded meadow by a river; ewe |
| 4 | Middle High German | ouwe | terrain, landscape by water, in water, island;... |
| 5 | Old High German | ouwa | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | auwju | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | awjō | floodplain; meadow; island |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | agwjō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ékʷeh₂ | water |