Where does “Klavierspieler” come from?
Klavierspieler (German) comes from German Spieler, from German spielen, from Middle High German [[spiln, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Klavierspieler (German): piano player, pianist
Definitions
- piano player, pianist
Ancestry of “Klavierspieler”, step by step
Klavierspieler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spieler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spieler | agent noun of spielen; player |
| 2 | German | spielen | to play |
| 3 | Middle High German | [[spiln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spilōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Klavier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Klavier | piano |
| 2 | French | clavier | keyboard; keyring; mouth, teeth |
| 3 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |