Where does “Fernsehen” come from?
Fernsehen (German) comes from English televisión, from French télévision, from German Television, from Italian televisione, from Spanish televisión, from Spanish tele-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Fernsehen (German): television
Definitions
- television
Ancestry of “Fernsehen”, step by step
Fernsehen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English televisión
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | televisión | An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound |
| 2 | French | télévision | television |
| 3 | German | Television | — |
| 4 | Italian | televisione | television |
| 5 | Spanish | televisión | television |
| 6 | Spanish | tele- | tele |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German fern
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fern | remote; far away |
| 2 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 4 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “Fernsehen”
- farseer
- Fernseher
- Fernsehgerät
- Fernsehröhre
- Fernsehschirm
- Bildungsfernsehen
- Fernsehmoderator
- Farbfernsehen
- Fernsehempfänger
- Fernsehfernbedienung
- Fernsehkamera
- Fernsehkanal
- Fernsehprogramm
- Fernsehraum
- Fernsehredakteur
- Fernsehredaktor
- Fernsehsendung
- Fernsehserie
- Fernsehturm
- Fernsehzuschauer
- Fernsehtaube
- Flachbildfernseher
- Röhrenfernseher
- Fernsehmoderatorin