Where does “Gläserklirren” come from?
Gläserklirren (German) comes from German Gläser, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Gläserklirren (German): clinking of glasses, tinkling of glasses
Definitions
- clinking of glasses, tinkling of glasses
Ancestry of “Gläserklirren”, step by step
Gläserklirren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gläser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gläser | glazier of male or unspecified sex |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German klirren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | klirren | to clink, to clank, to clash, to jingle, to clatter |