Where does “Pinselstrich” come from?
Pinselstrich (German) comes from German pinsel, from Middle High German bensel, from Old French pincel, from Latin pēnicellus, from Latin pēnicillum, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Pinselstrich (German): brushstroke
Definitions
- brushstroke
Ancestry of “Pinselstrich”, step by step
Pinselstrich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German pinsel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | pinsel | paintbrush |
| 2 | Middle High German | bensel | — |
| 3 | Old French | pincel | paintbrush |
| 4 | Latin | pēnicellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | pēnicillum | A painter's brush |
| 6 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German strich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | strich | first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | strich | — |
| 3 | Old High German | strih | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *striki | line |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strikiz | line |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |