Where does “Männerfreundschaft” come from?
Männerfreundschaft (German) comes from German Freundschaft, from Old High German friuntscaf, from Proto-West Germanic friundskapi, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
Männerfreundschaft (German): bromance, male friendship
Definitions
- bromance, male friendship
Ancestry of “Männerfreundschaft”, step by step
Männerfreundschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Freundschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Freundschaft | friendship; relations, relatives |
| 2 | Old High German | friuntscaf | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | friundskapi | friendship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
via German Männer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Männer | plural of Mann; men; male |