Where does “Mietskaserne” come from?
Mietskaserne (German) comes from German Kaserne, from Italian caserma, from French caserne, from Old Occitan cazerna, from Vulgar Latin quaderna, from Latin quaterni, from Latin quater, from Latin quattŭor — and.
Mietskaserne (German): tenement block, tenement
Definitions
- tenement block, tenement
Ancestry of “Mietskaserne”, step by step
Mietskaserne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kaserne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kaserne | barracks |
| 2 | Italian | caserma | barracks |
| 3 | French | caserne | barracks |
| 4 | Old Occitan | cazerna | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | quaderna | — |
| 6 | Latin | quaterni | four each; four at a time |
| 7 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |