Where does “Liedtext” come from?
Liedtext (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).
Liedtext (German): lyrics
Definitions
- lyrics
Ancestry of “Liedtext”, step by step
Liedtext traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German lied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lied | song musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German text
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | text | text writing consisting of several sentences and forming a discrete unit |
| 2 | Middle High German | text | — |
| 3 | Latin | textus | woven, having been woven; texture, structure;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |