Where does “Höhlenmalerei” come from?
Höhlenmalerei (German) comes from German Höhle, from Middle High German hüle, from Old High German hulī, from Old High German hol, from Proto-West Germanic hol, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
Höhlenmalerei (German): cave painting
Definitions
- cave painting
Ancestry of “Höhlenmalerei”, step by step
Höhlenmalerei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Höhle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Höhle | cave; cavity |
| 2 | Middle High German | hüle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | hulī | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hol | hollow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hol | hollow; hole |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via German Malerei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Malerei | painting |
| 2 | German | -ei | Forming names of sites or buildings where a... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -īe | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ie | indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one |
| 5 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |