Where does “Lieblingsfilm” come from?
Lieblingsfilm (German) comes from German film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.
Lieblingsfilm (German): favorite film
Definitions
- favorite film
Ancestry of “Lieblingsfilm”, step by step
Lieblingsfilm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | film | film a thin layer of some substance |
| 2 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 3 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 4 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 5 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 6 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via German Liebling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Liebling | darling, dear; favorite |
| 2 | German | liebe | ' inflected form of lieb; inflection of... |
| 3 | Middle High German | liebe | the quality of love, pleasure, joy, favour, love;... |
| 4 | Old High German | lioba | fortune, health, pleasantness, joy |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | leubaz | dear, beloved |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewbʰ- | to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēw- | to sound, resound, sing out; to leave |