Where does “Lichtspielhaus” come from?
Lichtspielhaus (German) comes from German Lichtspiel, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.
Lichtspielhaus (German): cinema
Definitions
- cinema
Ancestry of “Lichtspielhaus”, step by step
Lichtspielhaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lichtspiel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lichtspiel | light effect; play of lights |
| 2 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 3 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 4 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |