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
Ancestry of “Höhlenmalerei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |