Where does “Hüftbild” come from?

Hüftbild (German) comes from German Hüfte, from Middle High German huf, from Old High German huf, from Proto-West Germanic hupi, from Proto-Germanic hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂-.

Hüftbild (German): half-length portrait

Definitions

  1. half-length portrait

Ancestry of “Hüftbild”, step by step

Hüftbild traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hüfte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHüftehip; hips
2Middle High Germanhuf—
3Old High Germanhuf—
4Proto-West Germanichupihip
5Proto-Germanichupizhip, haunch, upper part of the thigh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeu̯bh₂-—

via German Bild

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBildimage; picture; painting; photo; image
2Middle High Germanbildepicture, example, comparison; image, shape
3Old High Germanbilidiimage, figure, reflection, replica
4Proto-West Germanic*biliþilikeness, image
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hupiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hupi →
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