Where does “Abendsegler” come from?
Abendsegler (German) comes from German Abend, from Middle High German ābent, from Old High German āband, from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.
Abendsegler (German): noctule
Definitions
- noctule
Ancestry of “Abendsegler”, step by step
Abendsegler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abend | evening; the time from dusk onwards; The west |
| 2 | Middle High German | ābent | — |
| 3 | Old High German | āband | evening |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ābanþ | evening |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ēbanþs | evening |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁epi | on, at, near |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eps | — |
via German Segler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Segler | one who sails, steers sailing boats; a sailor (for sport or recreation) |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |