Where does “Damenabtausch” come from?
Damenabtausch (German) comes from German Abtausch, from German abtauschen, from German täuschen, from Middle High German tiuschen, from German tuschen, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er — he, she.
Damenabtausch (German): trading of queens
Definitions
- trading of queens
Ancestry of “Damenabtausch”, step by step
Damenabtausch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abtausch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abtausch | exchange |
| 2 | German | abtauschen | to trade a piece for another |
| 3 | German | täuschen | to deceive; to be wrong, to be mistaken; to err |
| 4 | Middle High German | tiuschen | — |
| 5 | German | tuschen | to paint with watercolors; to use mascara |
| 6 | French | toucher | The act of touching; A way of touching; The sense... |
| 7 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 8 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 9 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 10 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 11 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 12 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 17 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Dame
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dame | lady; lady; madam; queen |
| 2 | Italian | dama | lady; draughts / checkers; king |
| 3 | Polish | dama | lady; queen |
| 4 | French | dame | A lady; A polite form of address for a woman;... |
| 5 | Old French | dame | lady; woman |
| 6 | Late Latin | domna | lady, mistress |
| 7 | Latin | domina | lady or mistress of the house |
| 8 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 9 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |