Where does “Feldscherer” come from?
Feldscherer (German) comes from German Feld, from Middle High German velt, from Old High German feld, from Proto-West Germanic felþu, from Proto-Germanic felþuz, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
Feldscherer (German): barber surgeon, field surgeon, army surgeon
Definitions
- barber surgeon, field surgeon, army surgeon
Ancestry of “Feldscherer”, step by step
Feldscherer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Feld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Feld | field; field, background; array |
| 2 | Middle High German | velt | — |
| 3 | Old High German | feld | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via German Scherer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Scherer | shearer, barber |
| 2 | Middle English | -ere | er |
| 3 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 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) |