Where does “Kulturerbe” come from?
Kulturerbe (German) comes from German Kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti — to turn.
Kulturerbe (German): cultural heritage
Definitions
- cultural heritage
Ancestry of “Kulturerbe”, step by step
Kulturerbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kultur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kultur | culture |
| 2 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 3 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 4 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 6 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via German erbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | erbe | inflection of erben: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | erbe | heritage |
| 3 | Old High German | erbi | heritage |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arbī | inheritance |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | arbiją | heritage, inheritance |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |