Where does “Fremdschämpotenzial” come from?
Fremdschämpotenzial (German) comes from German fremdschämen, from German Fremdscham, from German fremd, from Middle High German vremde, from Old High German fremidi, from Proto-West Germanic framiþī, from Proto-Germanic framaþiz, from Swedish fram — passed , crossed.
Fremdschämpotenzial (German): potential to cause vicarious embarrassment
Definitions
- potential to cause vicarious embarrassment
Ancestry of “Fremdschämpotenzial”, step by step
Fremdschämpotenzial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fremdschämen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fremdschämen | secondhand embarrassment; to feel ashamed about... |
| 2 | German | Fremdscham | shame felt for actions done by someone else;... |
| 3 | German | fremd | strange; foreign; external |
| 4 | Middle High German | vremde | stranger, foreigner; strange, foreign |
| 5 | Old High German | fremidi | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | framiþī | foreign, strange |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | framaþiz | foreign, alien, strange |
| 8 | Swedish | fram | forward, in front |
| 9 | Old Norse | fram | forward, forth |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | fram | from; by, due to; forth, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | framaz | forward, prominent |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | prom- | forth, forward |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German potenzial
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | potenzial | potential |
| 2 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 3 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 4 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 5 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 6 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |