Where does “Hobbykünstler” come from?
Hobbykünstler (German) comes from German Künstler, from German -ler, 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).
Hobbykünstler (German): amateur artist male or of unspecified sex
Definitions
- amateur artist male or of unspecified sex
Ancestry of “Hobbykünstler”, step by step
Hobbykünstler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Künstler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Künstler | artist |
| 2 | German | -ler | used to create agent nouns, similar to -er |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German Hobby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hobby | a hobby |
| 2 | English | hobby | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare... |
| 3 | English | hobby-horse | Alternative spelling of hobby horse |
| 4 | Middle English | hoby | — |
| 5 | Albanian | hobe | catapult, sling |
| 6 | Middle Low German | hōpen | to hope |
| 7 | Old Saxon | hopon | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hopōn | to hope, to expect |