Where does “Schönheitsfehler” come from?

Schönheitsfehler (German) comes from German Schönheit, from German schön, from Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-West Germanic skaunī, from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Schönheitsfehler (German): blemish

Definitions

  1. blemish

Ancestry of “Schönheitsfehler”, step by step

Schönheitsfehler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schönheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchönheitbeauty, beautifulness
2Germanschönbeautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome; good, great,...
3Middle High Germanschœnebeautiful
4Old High Germanscōnihandsome, brilliant, pure, lovely, good,...
5Proto-West Germanicskaunībeautiful
6Proto-Germanicskaunį̄niceness, beauty
7Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Fehler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFehlerfault, error, mistake
2Germanfehlento lack; to be absent from, to be missing from,...
3Middle High Germanvælen
4Old Frenchfailliralternative infinitive of falir; to fail, err
5Latinfallēre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Proto-Germanic skaunį̄