Where does “Schillerian” come from?
Schillerian (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.
Schillerian (English): Of or relating to Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
Definitions
- Of or relating to Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
Ancestry of “Schillerian”, step by step
Schillerian 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 Schiller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Schiller | A lustre, similar to sheen, observed in certain minerals, such as hypersthene or labradorite, due to the presence of minute parallel inclusions |
| 2 | German | Schiller | play of colours |
| 3 | Middle High German | schilher | a person who suffers from strabismus |
| 4 | Middle High German | schilhen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | scilihen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skilhijaną | to squint |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |