Where does “blitzable” come from?
blitzable (English) comes from English Blitz, from English Blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg, from German krieg, from Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krig, from Proto-West Germanic krīg, from Proto-Germanic krīganą — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
blitzable (English): Able to be struck or destroyed by a blitz attack
Definitions
- Able to be struck or destroyed by a blitz attack
Ancestry of “blitzable”, step by step
blitzable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Blitz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Blitz | The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II |
| 2 | English | Blitzkrieg | A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support |
| 3 | German | Blitzkrieg | blitzkrieg |
| 4 | German | krieg | singular imperative of kriegen |
| 5 | Middle High German | kriec | exertion; enmity; opposition |
| 6 | Old High German | krig | stubbornness; defiance |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |