Where does “Filmkomödie” come from?

Filmkomödie (German) comes from German film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.

Filmkomödie (German): comedy movie, comedy film

Definitions

  1. comedy movie, comedy film

Ancestry of “Filmkomödie”, step by step

Filmkomödie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German film

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfilmfilm a thin layer of some substance
2EnglishFilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity
3Russianфильмfilm, movie
4EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
5Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
6Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
7Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-
8Proto-Germanic*filmīn-

via German Komödie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKomödiecomedy
2Latincōmoediaa comedy (play)
3Ancient Greekκωμῳδίαcomedy; play
4Ancient Greekκῶμοςfestival, procession, revel, carousal; The band...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómso-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱens-to announce, to proclaim; to put in order
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱem-to cover, conceal; hornless
Every word from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Old English filmen