Where does “Bilderrahmen” come from?

Bilderrahmen (German) comes from German Rahmen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Bilderrahmen (German): picture frame

Definitions

  1. picture frame

Ancestry of “Bilderrahmen”, step by step

Bilderrahmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rahmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRahmenframe, scope
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German Bild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
2Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
3Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →