Where does “Laienlinguistik” come from?
Laienlinguistik (German) comes from German Linguistik, from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen — in.
Laienlinguistik (German): folk linguistics
Definitions
- folk linguistics
Ancestry of “Laienlinguistik”, step by step
Laienlinguistik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Linguistik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Linguistik | linguistics |
| 2 | English | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| 3 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 4 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 5 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 6 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 7 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 8 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 9 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 10 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 11 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 12 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 13 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 14 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Laie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Laie | layman, layperson, amateur, nonprofessional; laic |
| 2 | Middle High German | leie | — |
| 3 | Old High German | laigo | — |
| 4 | Latin | laicus | lay; unconsecrated |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λαϊκός | of the people; popular |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λᾱός | people; men; the people |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | lāwós | people, crowd |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂wos | people |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂- | to bark, howl; to be concealed |