Where does “Nationalspieler” come from?
Nationalspieler (German) comes from German national, from French national, from French nation, from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiō, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Nationalspieler (German): national player
Definitions
- national player
Ancestry of “Nationalspieler”, step by step
Nationalspieler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German national
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | national | national; nationwide, national; nationalist |
| 2 | French | national | national |
| 3 | French | nation | nation |
| 4 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 5 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 6 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 7 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 8 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via German Spieler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spieler | agent noun of spielen; player |
| 2 | German | spielen | to play |
| 3 | Middle High German | [[spiln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spilōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |