Where does “Ölmalerei” come from?

Ölmalerei (German) comes from German Öl, from Middle High German öl, from Old High German oli, from Proto-West Germanic *oli, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον, from Ancient Greek ἐλαία, from Proto-Hellenic elaíwā.

Ölmalerei (German): oil painting

Definitions

  1. oil painting

Ancestry of “Ölmalerei”, step by step

Ölmalerei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Öl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanÖloil
2Middle High Germanöloil
3Old High Germanoli
4Proto-West Germanic*oliolive oil
5Latinoleumolive oil; the palaestra
6Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
7Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
8Proto-Hellenicelaíwā
9Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom

via German Malerei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMalereipainting
2German-eiForming names of sites or buildings where a...
3Middle High German-īe
4Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European loiwomEvery word from Proto-Hellenic elaíwāEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐλαία