Where does “Blechlawine” come from?
Blechlawine (German) comes from German Lawine, from Alemannic German Lauwin, from Middle High German lowin, from Old High German lowin, from Late Latin labina, from Latin labi, from Latin labor, from Old Latin labos — fox.
Blechlawine (German): a slowly advancing, long, solid line of vehicles...
Definitions
- a slowly advancing, long, solid line of vehicles...
Ancestry of “Blechlawine”, step by step
Blechlawine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lawine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lawine | avalanche |
| 2 | Alemannic German | Lauwin | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | lowin | — |
| 4 | Old High German | lowin | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | labina | landslide; landslide; slippery place; a slippery... |
| 6 | Latin | labi | present active infinitive of lābor; to glide; to... |
| 7 | Latin | labor | work; labour, toil; hardship, trouble, fatigue,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 9 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 10 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 11 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via German Blech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blech | sheet; Brass, a collective term for all brass... |
| 2 | Middle High German | blëch | small metal plate; ornament on a woman's dress |
| 3 | Old High German | bleh | thin leaf of metal, plate; metal plate |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *blik | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bliką | shine; look; metal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleyǵ- | to shine |