Where does “Bildunterschrift” come from?
Bildunterschrift (German) comes from German Unterschrift, from German unterschreiben, from German schreiben, from Middle High German schrīben, from Old High German scrīban, from Proto-West Germanic skrīban, from Proto-Germanic skrībaną, from Latin scrībō — to write.
Bildunterschrift (German): caption of a picture
Definitions
- caption of a picture
Ancestry of “Bildunterschrift”, step by step
Bildunterschrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Unterschrift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unterschrift | signature; caption |
| 2 | German | unterschreiben | to sign; to write under or below something |
| 3 | German | schreiben | to write, write out; to spell, spell out; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | schrīben | — |
| 5 | Old High German | scrīban | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | skrīban | to write |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skrībaną | to write |
| 8 | Latin | scrībō | to write |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | skreiβō | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skreybʰ- | to write |