Where does “Maskenträger” come from?
Maskenträger (German) comes from German Maske, from French masqué, from Italian maschera, from Latin masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-, from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...
Maskenträger (German): A mask wearer, e.g. a masquerader or a person wearing a surgical mask
Definitions
- A mask wearer, e.g. a masquerader or a person wearing a surgical mask
Ancestry of “Maskenträger”, step by step
Maskenträger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Maske
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Maske | mask; workspace of an make-up artist |
| 2 | French | masqué | masked; past participle of masquer |
| 3 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 4 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |
via German tragen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tragen | to carry; to bear, to carry; to bear, to pay |
| 2 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 3 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |