Where does “Dirndlkleid” come from?
Dirndlkleid (German) comes from German Dirndl, from German Dirne, from Italian -ne, from Italian né, from Italian purè, from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree — to be clean, pure.
Dirndlkleid (German): dirndl traditional Austrian and Bavarian dress
Definitions
- dirndl traditional Austrian and Bavarian dress
Ancestry of “Dirndlkleid”, step by step
Dirndlkleid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Dirndl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dirndl | girl; dirndl; cornel |
| 2 | German | Dirne | whore; girl; lass |
| 3 | Italian | -ne | an epithetic syllable appended to oxytone words in order to make them paroxytone |
| 4 | Italian | né | nor; neither...nor; either...or |
| 5 | Italian | purè | puree, purée; mashed potatoes |
| 6 | French | purée | puree; feminine singular of the past participle... |
| 7 | Middle French | puree | — |
| 8 | Old French | puree | — |
| 9 | French | purer | to make pure |
| 10 | Old French | purer | to purify |
| 11 | Latin | purare | — |
| 12 | Latin | pūrus | clear, limpid |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
via German kleid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kleid | dress, gown kind of woman's garment |
| 2 | Middle High German | kleit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kleid | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klaiþą | cloth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gleyt- | to cling to, cleave, stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |