Where does “Schwellenreißer” come from?
Schwellenreißer (German) comes from German Reißer, 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).
Schwellenreißer (German): railroad plough
Definitions
- railroad plough
Ancestry of “Schwellenreißer”, step by step
Schwellenreißer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Reißer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Reißer | thriller, blockbuster, pot boiler (successful book or film, often said of the ones produced only for profit) |
| 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) |