Where does “Liederkranz” come from?

Liederkranz (German) comes from German lied, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Liederkranz (German): songbook

Definitions

  1. songbook

Ancestry of “Liederkranz”, step by step

Liederkranz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lied

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanliedsong musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German kranz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankranzwreath, garland
2Middle High GermanKranz
3Old High Germankranz
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios
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