Where does “Bluträcher” come from?
Bluträcher (German) comes from German Blutrache, from German blut, from Middle High German bluot, from Old High German bluot, from Proto-West Germanic blōd, from Proto-Germanic blōþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
Bluträcher (German): blood avenger; avenger of blood one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud
Definitions
- blood avenger; avenger of blood one who takes revenge on behalf of a killed person, as in a blood feud
Ancestry of “Bluträcher”, step by step
Bluträcher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Blutrache
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blutrache | blood vengeance the act of taking revenge on behalf of a killed person |
| 2 | German | blut | blood |
| 3 | Middle High German | bluot | blood |
| 4 | Old High German | bluot | blood |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blōd | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Rächer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rächer | agent noun of rächen |
| 2 | German | rächen | to revenge; to avenge; to take revenge; to avenge... |
| 3 | Middle High German | rechen | to rake, to pile, to heap |
| 4 | Old High German | rehhan | to rake, to pile, to heap |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rekan | to rake up, to pile up, to heap up |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rekaną | to rake up, to pile up, to heap up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |