Where does “Fußballtrainer” come from?
Fußballtrainer (German) comes from German Trainer, from English trainer, from English train, from Middle English train, from Old French train, from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin traginare, from Latin tragēre — to run.
Fußballtrainer (German): a coach of association football
Definitions
- a coach of association football
Ancestry of “Fußballtrainer”, step by step
Fußballtrainer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Trainer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Trainer | trainer, coach; animal trainer; tracksuit |
| 2 | English | trainer | A person who trains another; a coach; A person... |
| 3 | English | train | Elongated portion; Connected sequence of people... |
| 4 | Middle English | train | — |
| 5 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 6 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 8 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 9 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
via German Fußball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fußball | the sport of association football; soccer; the... |
| 2 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 3 | Middle English | fotbal | football game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby |
| 4 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 5 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 6 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 7 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 8 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |