Where does “Nestbeschmutzer” come from?
Nestbeschmutzer (German) comes from German nest, from Middle High German nest, from Old High German nest, from Proto-West Germanic nest, from Proto-Germanic nestą, from Proto-Indo-European nisdós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ni, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Nestbeschmutzer (German): person who denigrates their own family or country
Definitions
- person who denigrates their own family or country
Ancestry of “Nestbeschmutzer”, step by step
Nestbeschmutzer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German nest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | nest | nest |
| 2 | Middle High German | nest | nest |
| 3 | Old High German | nest | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | nest | nest |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nestą | nest; provisions; food and supplies |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nisdós | nest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ni | down |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Beschmutzer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beschmutzer | — |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |