Where does “Altertümelei” come from?
Altertümelei (German) comes from German altertümeln, from German Altertum, from German alter, from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz — to grow, nourish.
Altertümelei (German): imitation of the past, archaizing speech, style, mores
Definitions
- imitation of the past, archaizing speech, style, mores
Ancestry of “Altertümelei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | altertümeln | to imitate (speech, style, mores of) the past, to archaize |
| 2 | German | Altertum | antiquity |
| 3 | German | alter | age, old age |
| 4 | German | Alt | alto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland... |
| 5 | Middle High German | alt | — |
| 6 | Old High German | alt | old |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |