Where does “Brillenrahmen” come from?

Brillenrahmen (German) comes from German brille, from English beryllium, from English Beryl, from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते — white town.

Brillenrahmen (German): frame of glasses

Definitions

  1. frame of glasses

Ancestry of “Brillenrahmen”, step by step

Brillenrahmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German brille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbrille(pair of) glasses, spectacles frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision
2EnglishberylliumThe chemical element with an atomic number of 4;...
3EnglishBerylderived from the gem beryl
4Middle Englishberylberyl gemstone of pegmatite
5Old Frenchberilberyl
6Latinbēryllusberyl
7Ancient Greekβήρυλλοςberyl
8Prakritविरलायते
9Sanskritवैडूर्यcat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its...
10Paliveḷuriyalapis lazuli, a precious stone
11Paliveḷurwhite town

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
Every word from Pali veḷur