Where does “Flitterblättchen” come from?
Flitterblättchen (German) comes from German Blättchen, from German blatt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
Flitterblättchen (German): sequin
Definitions
- sequin
Ancestry of “Flitterblättchen”, step by step
Flitterblättchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Blättchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Blättchen | a small leaf; cigarette paper, used to roll... |
| 2 | German | blatt | leaf green and flat organ of a plant |
| 3 | Middle High German | blat | leaf |
| 4 | Old High German | blat | leaf |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German flitter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | flitter | inflection of flittern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | flittern | to glisten, sparkle; to flutter; to laugh, to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | flettern | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flutrōną | to be floating |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flutōną | to float; drift |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |