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Where does “Negermusik” come from?

Negermusik (German) comes from German neger, from German Näher, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Negermusik (German): "negro music; nigger music": any music produced...

Definitions

  1. "negro music; nigger music": any music produced...

Ancestry of “Negermusik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannegerbroke, bankrupt
2GermanNähersewer
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āri—
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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