Where does “Franzosenfeind” come from?

Franzosenfeind (German) comes from German Franzose, from Old French françois, from Old French -ois, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

Franzosenfeind (German): enemy of the French people

Definitions

  1. enemy of the French people

Ancestry of “Franzosenfeind”, step by step

Franzosenfeind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Franzose

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFranzoseFrenchman; monkey wrench
2Old FrenchfrançoisFrench; the French language
3Old French-oisused to form nationalities; used to form names of...
4Latin-ensisOf or from
5Latinarvumfield; farm land
6Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
7Latinquelō
8Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via German Feind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeindenemy, fiend, foe
2Middle High Germanvīant
3Old High Germanfīantenemy, fiend, foe
4Proto-Germanicfijandzenemy, fiend
5Proto-Germanicfijānąto hate; to dislike
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₁-to hate, hurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-