Where does “Aluminiumfolie” come from?
Aluminiumfolie (German) comes from German Folie, from Vulgar Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
Aluminiumfolie (German): aluminium foil
Definitions
- aluminium foil
Ancestry of “Aluminiumfolie”, step by step
Aluminiumfolie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Folie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Folie | foil, metal film; plastic wrap, cling film;... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | folia | — |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German aluminium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | aluminium | aluminium (atomic number 13) |
| 2 | English | aluminium | A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,... |
| 3 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |