Where does “Filigranarbeit” come from?

Filigranarbeit (German) comes from German filigran, from Italian filigrana, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Filigranarbeit (German): any intricate or complicated work

Definitions

  1. any intricate or complicated work

Ancestry of “Filigranarbeit”, step by step

Filigranarbeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German filigran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfiligranfiligree
2Italianfiligranafiligree; watermark
3Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
4Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via German arbeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanarbeittoil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
2Middle High Germanarbeit
3Old High Germanarbeit
4Proto-West Germanicarbaiþihardship
5Proto-Germanicarbaidizlabour, work, toil; hardship, suffering
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm