Where does “Linguistik” come from?

Linguistik (German) comes from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

Linguistik (German): linguistics

Definitions

  1. linguistics

Ancestry of “Linguistik”, step by step

Linguistik traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English linguistics

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinguisticsThe scientific study of language
2English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Dutch linguïstiek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlinguïstieklinguistics, the scientific study of (a) language (group), the non-literary branch of philology
2Dutchlinguïstlinguist
3Latin-ist—

via Latin linguisticus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlinguisticuslinguistic
2Latinlinguista—

Words derived from “Linguistik”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →