Where does “Fabelwesen” come from?
Fabelwesen (German) comes from German fabel, from Middle Dutch fabele, from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Fabelwesen (German): mythical creature
Definitions
- mythical creature
Ancestry of “Fabelwesen”, step by step
Fabelwesen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fabel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fabel | fable |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | fabele | — |
| 3 | Old French | fable | fable, story |
| 4 | Latin | fābula | discourse, narrative |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |