Where does “Kreidefelsen” come from?

Kreidefelsen (German) comes from German Kreide, from Middle High German krīde, from Old High German krīda, from Vulgar Latin *crēda, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Kreidefelsen (German): chalk cliff, chalk rock

Definitions

  1. chalk cliff, chalk rock

Ancestry of “Kreidefelsen”, step by step

Kreidefelsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kreide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKreidea chalk
2Middle High Germankrīde
3Old High Germankrīda
4Vulgar Latin*crēda
5LatinCrētachalk
6Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
7Latin-āxish, -y
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via German Felsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFelsenrock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius
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