Where does “flugelhornist” come from?
flugelhornist (English) comes from English flugelhorn, from German Flügelhorn, from German horn, from Middle High German horn, from Old High German horn, from Proto-West Germanic horn, from Proto-Germanic hurną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
flugelhornist (English): One who plays the flugelhorn
Definitions
- One who plays the flugelhorn
Ancestry of “flugelhornist”, step by step
flugelhornist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flugelhorn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flugelhorn | A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a... |
| 2 | German | Flügelhorn | A brass instrument resembling a cornet; a bugle... |
| 3 | German | horn | horn musical instrument |
| 4 | Middle High German | horn | — |
| 5 | Old High German | horn | horn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |