Where does “Purpurkrämer” come from?
Purpurkrämer (German) comes from German Krämer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Purpurkrämer (German): purple (pigment) merchant of male or unspecified sex
Definitions
- purple (pigment) merchant of male or unspecified sex
Ancestry of “Purpurkrämer”, step by step
Purpurkrämer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Krämer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Krämer | shopkeeper |
| 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) |
via German purpur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | purpur | the colour purple |
| 2 | Old High German | purpura | purple; purple cloth or raiment |
| 3 | Latin | purpura | the purple-fish, a species of shellfish or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πορφύρα | purple-fish; a purple dye obtained from it;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πορφύρω | to surge up; to redden |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |