Where does “loanwords” come from?
loanwords (English) comes from English loanword, from German Lehnwort, from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- — to speak, say.
loanwords (English): plural of loanword
Definitions
- plural of loanword
Ancestry of “loanwords”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | loanword | A word directly taken into one language from... |
| 2 | German | Lehnwort | loanword, foreign word, borrowing |
| 3 | German | wôrt | plural word as an isolated unit |
| 4 | Middle High German | wort | word; verb |
| 5 | Old High German | wort | word; verb |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | word | word |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wurdą | word |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werdʰo- | word |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |