Where does “Nationaltorhüter” come from?
Nationaltorhüter (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.
Nationaltorhüter (German): goalkeeper of a national team male or of unspecified sex
Definitions
- goalkeeper of a national team male or of unspecified sex
Ancestry of “Nationaltorhüter”, step by step
Nationaltorhüter 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 Torhüter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Torhüter | goalkeeper |
| 2 | German | Hüter | keeper, guardian |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |