Where does “rahvalaul” come from?
rahvalaul (Estonian) comes from German Volkslied, from German lied, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
rahvalaul (Estonian): folk song
Definitions
- folk song
Ancestry of “rahvalaul”, step by step
rahvalaul traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Volkslied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Volkslied | lied; popular song; folk song; art song |
| 2 | German | lied | song musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |