Where does “Geheimfavorit” come from?
Geheimfavorit (German) comes from German geheim, from German ge-, from Middle High German ge-, from Old High German ga-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Geheimfavorit (German): outsider, secret tip
Definitions
- outsider, secret tip
Ancestry of “Geheimfavorit”, step by step
Geheimfavorit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German geheim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geheim | secret |
| 2 | German | ge- | Forms collective nouns, almost always neuter... |
| 3 | Middle High German | ge- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ga- | with |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Favorit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Favorit | favourite |
| 2 | Middle French | favorit | favored one |
| 3 | Old French | favorit | — |
| 4 | Italian | favorito | favourite; mollycoddle; teacher's pet |
| 5 | Italian | favorire | to favour, to favor, to help, to aid, to support;... |
| 6 | Italian | favore | favour |
| 7 | Latin | favor | good will, inclination, partiality, favor;... |
| 8 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |