Where does “Flanellhemd” come from?
Flanellhemd (German) comes from German Flanell, from French flanelle, from English flannel, from Middle English flaunneol, from Old French flanelle, from Old French flaine, from Proto-Celtic wlānos, from Proto-Celtic wlanā — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.
Flanellhemd (German): flannel shirt
Definitions
- flannel shirt
Ancestry of “Flanellhemd”, step by step
Flanellhemd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Flanell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flanell | flannel |
| 2 | French | flanelle | flannel |
| 3 | English | flannel | A soft cloth material woven from wool, possibly... |
| 4 | Middle English | flaunneol | — |
| 5 | Old French | flanelle | — |
| 6 | Old French | flaine | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | wlānos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | wlanā | wool |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ | wool |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via German Hemd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hemd | shirt, the term excludes t-shirts |
| 2 | Middle High German | hemde | a shirt |
| 3 | Old High German | hemidi | shirt; skin |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hamiþi | shirt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hamō | shape, physical form |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hamô | cover, skin; clothes, skirt, fishnet; harness,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |