Where does “Briefmarkensammler” come from?
Briefmarkensammler (German) comes from German Briefmarke, from German brief, from Middle High German brief, from Old High German briaf, from Latin breve, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus — short.
Briefmarkensammler (German): stamp collector, philatelist of male or unspecified sex
Definitions
- stamp collector, philatelist of male or unspecified sex
Ancestry of “Briefmarkensammler”, step by step
Briefmarkensammler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Briefmarke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Briefmarke | postage stamp |
| 2 | German | brief | letter (written message) |
| 3 | Middle High German | brief | — |
| 4 | Old High German | briaf | — |
| 5 | Latin | breve | nominative neuter singular of brevis; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |
via German Sammler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sammler | agent noun of sammeln |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |