Where does “Erstsprachler” come from?
Erstsprachler (German) comes from German Erstsprache, from German Erste, from German Erster, from German erster, from German erste, from Old High German ērist, from Old High German ēr, from Proto-West Germanic iʀ — you (plural).
Erstsprachler (German): native speaker male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- native speaker male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Erstsprachler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erstsprache | native language, L1 |
| 2 | German | Erste | female equivalent of Erster; inflection of... |
| 3 | German | Erster | winner; inflection of Erste: ## strong... |
| 4 | German | erster | inflection of erste: ## strong/mixed nominative... |
| 5 | German | erste | first |
| 6 | Old High German | ērist | earliest |
| 7 | Old High German | ēr | ore; brass; formerly, previously; early |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |