Where does “Gitarrespielen” come from?
Gitarrespielen (German) comes from German spielen, from Middle High German [[spiln, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Gitarrespielen (German): guitar playing
Definitions
- guitar playing
Ancestry of “Gitarrespielen”, step by step
Gitarrespielen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German spielen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spielen | to play |
| 2 | Middle High German | [[spiln | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spilōn | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |