Where does “Fliegengewichtler” come from?
Fliegengewichtler (German) comes from German Fliegengewicht, from English flyweight, from English fly, from Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz — voice (of human or animal); sound.
Fliegengewichtler (German): flyweight person of that weight class
Definitions
- flyweight person of that weight class
Ancestry of “Fliegengewichtler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fliegengewicht | flyweight |
| 2 | English | flyweight | A weight that moves outward depending on... |
| 3 | English | fly | Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by... |
| 4 | Middle English | flien | To fly; to travel in the air; To move in the sky;... |
| 5 | Old English | flēogan | to fly |
| 6 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |