Where does “Parlamentärsflagge” come from?
Parlamentärsflagge (German) comes from German Parlamentär, from French parlementaire, from French parlement, from Old French parlement, from Old French parler, from Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή — horse.
Parlamentärsflagge (German): white flag
Definitions
- white flag
Ancestry of “Parlamentärsflagge”, step by step
Parlamentärsflagge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Parlamentär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Parlamentär | peace envoy |
| 2 | French | parlementaire | parliamentary |
| 3 | French | parlement | parliament |
| 4 | Old French | parlement | discussion; discourse; debate; argument;... |
| 5 | Old French | parler | to speak; to talk |
| 6 | Latin | parabolō | to make clear by metaphors |
| 7 | Latin | parabola | A comparison, illustration, likeness; An... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | παραβολή | a placing of two things side by side,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παραβάλλω | to compare; to set side by side; I set side by... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πᾰρᾰ- | near; next to; by, near |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 12 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 13 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 14 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |
via German Flagge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flagge | flag |
| 2 | English | flag | A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem,... |
| 3 | English | flack | To flutter; palpitate; To hang loosely; flag; To... |
| 4 | Middle English | flacken | to palpitate, flutter; to move to and fro,... |
| 5 | German | flackern | to flicker |
| 6 | Middle High German | vlackern | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flakuraz | shaking, wavering |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plāg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pelə- | to wander; to fill |