Where does “Selbstporträt” come from?

Selbstporträt (German) comes from German Porträt, from French portrait, from Middle French portraict, from Middle French portraire, from Latin protraho, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

Selbstporträt (German): self-portrait

Definitions

  1. self-portrait

Ancestry of “Selbstporträt”, step by step

Selbstporträt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Porträt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPorträtportrait
2Frenchportraitportrait; description
3Middle Frenchportraict—
4Middle Frenchportraireto portray
5LatinprotrahoI drag, pull, draw or bring forth or out; I bring...
6Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
7Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German selbst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanselbstpersonally, by oneself; even
2Old High Germanselb—
3Proto-Germanicselbazself
4Proto-Indo-Europeanselbʰ-one's own
5Proto-Indo-Europeans(w)e-separate, apart; separate; apart; oneself; one's...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European por- →