Where does “Schwimmbrille” come from?
Schwimmbrille (German) comes from German brille, from English beryllium, from English Beryl, from Middle English beryl, from Old French beril, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते — white town.
Schwimmbrille (German): swimming goggles
Definitions
- swimming goggles
Ancestry of “Schwimmbrille”, step by step
Schwimmbrille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German brille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | brille | (pair of) glasses, spectacles frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision |
| 2 | English | beryllium | The chemical element with an atomic number of 4;... |
| 3 | English | Beryl | derived from the gem beryl |
| 4 | Middle English | beryl | beryl gemstone of pegmatite |
| 5 | Old French | beril | beryl |
| 6 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 8 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 10 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 11 | Pali | veḷur | white town |
via German Schwimmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schwimmen | gerund of schwimmen; swim, the act of swimming |
| 2 | Middle High German | swimmen | to swim |
| 3 | Old High German | swimman | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | swimman | to swim |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |