Where does “Lieblingsschriftsteller” come from?

Lieblingsschriftsteller (German) comes from German Schriftsteller, from German erstellen, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.

Lieblingsschriftsteller (German): favorite author

Definitions

  1. favorite author

Ancestry of “Lieblingsschriftsteller”, step by step

Lieblingsschriftsteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schriftsteller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchriftstellerauthor, writer
2Germanerstellento create
3Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
4Middle High Germaner-
5Old High Germanir-thoroughly
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German Liebling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLieblingdarling, dear; favorite
2Germanliebe' inflected form of lieb; inflection of...
3Middle High Germanliebethe quality of love, pleasure, joy, favour, love;...
4Old High Germanliobafortune, health, pleasantness, joy
5Proto-Germanicleubazdear, beloved
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd
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