Where does “Fernsehtaube” come from?
Fernsehtaube (German) comes from German Fernseher, from German Fernsehen, from English televisión, from French télévision, from German Television, from Italian televisione, from Spanish televisión, from Spanish tele- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Fernsehtaube (German): collared dove
Ancestry of “Fernsehtaube”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Fernseher | a television set, a TV; a television viewer |
| 2 | German | Fernsehen | television |
| 3 | English | televisión | — |
| 4 | French | télévision | television |
| 5 | German | Television | — |
| 6 | Italian | televisione | television |
| 7 | Spanish | televisión | television |
| 8 | Spanish | tele- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | — |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |