Where does “Schmierentheater” come from?
Schmierentheater (German) comes from German Schmiere, from German schmieren, from Middle High German smirn, from Middle High German smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Schmierentheater (German): second-rate theater, farce
Definitions
- second-rate theater, farce
Ancestry of “Schmierentheater”, step by step
Schmierentheater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schmiere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schmiere | grease; goo, gunk; smear |
| 2 | German | schmieren | to smear; to butter; to grease, oil, lubricate |
| 3 | Middle High German | smirn | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | smirwen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | smirwen | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *smirwijan | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | smirwijaną | to smear, anoint |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Theater
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Theater | theater; theatrical company, troupe, theater... |
| 2 | French | théâtre | theatre; a movie theater |
| 3 | Middle French | théâtre | — |
| 4 | Old French | theatre | Alternative form of teatre |
| 5 | Latin | theātrum | A theatre or theater, playhouse; stage |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | θέατρον | theatre, gathering place; play, spectacle |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |