Where does “Erstkommunion” come from?
Erstkommunion (German) comes from German Kommunion, from Latin commūniō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Erstkommunion (German): First Communion
Definitions
- First Communion
Ancestry of “Erstkommunion”, step by step
Erstkommunion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kommunion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kommunion | communion; Communion; First Communion |
| 2 | Latin | commūniō | to barricade |
| 3 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 4 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Erste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erste | female equivalent of Erster; inflection of... |
| 2 | German | Erster | winner; inflection of Erste: ## strong... |
| 3 | German | erster | inflection of erste: ## strong/mixed nominative... |
| 4 | German | erste | first |
| 5 | Old High German | ērist | earliest |
| 6 | Old High German | ēr | ore; brass; formerly, previously; early |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |