Where does “Kriminalreißer” come from?

Kriminalreißer (German) comes from German Reißer, 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).

Kriminalreißer (German): crime thriller

Definitions

  1. crime thriller

Ancestry of “Kriminalreißer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReißerthriller, blockbuster, pot boiler (successful book or film, often said of the ones produced only for profit)
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)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er