Where does “Belichtungsmesser” come from?
Belichtungsmesser (German) comes from German Belichtung, from German belichten, from German lichten, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen — boundary, end.
Belichtungsmesser (German): light meter, exposure meter
Definitions
- light meter, exposure meter
Ancestry of “Belichtungsmesser”, step by step
Belichtungsmesser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Belichtung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Belichtung | exposure; illumination |
| 2 | German | belichten | to expose |
| 3 | German | lichten | to thin out; to clear; to make sparse; to thin... |
| 4 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 5 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 6 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 7 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 8 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 12 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 13 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German messer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | messer | knife |
| 2 | German | messen | to measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given... |
| 3 | Middle High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mëȥȥen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |