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