Where does “Fixiersalz” come from?

Fixiersalz (German) comes from German fixieren, from French fixer, from Middle French fixer, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Fixiersalz (German): fixer

Definitions

  1. fixer

Ancestry of “Fixiersalz”, step by step

Fixiersalz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fixieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfixierento fixate
2Frenchfixerto fix, fasten; to fix, arrange, set; to settle
3Middle Frenchfixerto fix; to fasten
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German salz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansalzsalt, table salt, sal
2Middle High Germansalz
3Old High Germansalz
4Proto-West Germanicsaltsalty; salt
5Proto-Germanicsaltąsalt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂l-
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios