Where does “Künstlerfarbe” come from?
Künstlerfarbe (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).
Künstlerfarbe (German): artist's colour
Definitions
- artist's colour
Ancestry of “Künstlerfarbe”, step by step
Künstlerfarbe 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 farbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | farbe | colour |
| 2 | Middle High German | varwe | color, hue |
| 3 | Old High German | farawa | colour, blee; color |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | faru | color; appearance; journey |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |