Where does “Goldmedaillengewinner” come from?
Goldmedaillengewinner (German) comes from German Gewinner, from German gewinnen, from Middle High German gewinnen, from Old High German giwinnan, from Proto-West Germanic gawinnan, from Proto-Germanic gawinnaną, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Goldmedaillengewinner (German): gold medalist
Definitions
- gold medalist
Ancestry of “Goldmedaillengewinner”, step by step
Goldmedaillengewinner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gewinner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gewinner | agent noun of gewinnen; winner |
| 2 | German | gewinnen | to win; to be victorious; to win something; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | gewinnen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | giwinnan | to win |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gawinnan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gawinnaną | to swink; to labour, toil; to acquire |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German Goldmedaille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Goldmedaille | gold medal |
| 2 | German | Medaille | medal |
| 3 | French | médaille | medal |
| 4 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 6 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 8 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 9 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 10 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |