Where does “Schellingism” come from?
Schellingism (English) comes from English Schelling, from Dutch schelling, from Old Dutch skilling, from Proto-Germanic skillingaz, from Proto-Germanic skiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kelH-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Schellingism (English): Schellingian philosophy
Definitions
- Schellingian philosophy
Ancestry of “Schellingism”, step by step
Schellingism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Schelling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Schelling | A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries |
| 2 | Dutch | schelling | shilling |
| 3 | Old Dutch | skilling | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skillingaz | shilling |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skiljaną | to cut; to split, divide; to separate,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |