Where does “Dauerlutscher” come from?
Dauerlutscher (German) comes from German dauer, from German dauern, from Middle High German dūren, from Middle Low German dūren, from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic dūros — far; long.
Dauerlutscher (German): lollipop, all-day sucker
Definitions
- lollipop, all-day sucker
Ancestry of “Dauerlutscher”, step by step
Dauerlutscher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German dauer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dauer | inflection of dauern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | dauern | to last, to continue, to persist; to last, to be... |
| 3 | Middle High German | dūren | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | dūren | — |
| 5 | Old French | durer | to last |
| 6 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 7 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |
via German Lutscher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lutscher | agent noun of lutschen; sucker; lollipop, lolly |
| 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) |