Where does “Flammenmeer” come from?
Flammenmeer (German) comes from German flammen, from Dutch vlammen, from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
Flammenmeer (German): sea of flames, blaze
Definitions
- sea of flames, blaze
Ancestry of “Flammenmeer”, step by step
Flammenmeer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German flammen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | flammen | to flame |
| 2 | Dutch | vlammen | to catch flames; to flash, speed like a flare |
| 3 | Dutch | vlam | flame; love interest, partner |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vlamme | flame |
| 5 | Old Dutch | flamma | flame |
| 6 | Old French | flamme | — |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |