Where does “Kühlerfigur” come from?

Kühlerfigur (German) comes from German Kühler, 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).

Kühlerfigur (German): hood ornament

Definitions

  1. hood ornament

Ancestry of “Kühlerfigur”, step by step

Kühlerfigur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kühler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKühlercooler; radiator
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Figur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFigurfigure, figurine; character; piece
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er