Where does “Sittenbild” come from?
Sittenbild (German) comes from German Sitte, from Middle High German site, from Old High German situ, from Proto-West Germanic *sidu, from Proto-Germanic siduz, from Proto-Indo-European swedʰ- — custom, habit; wont, habit, custom.
Sittenbild (German): genre drawing, genre picture, genre painting
Definitions
- genre drawing, genre picture, genre painting
Ancestry of “Sittenbild”, step by step
Sittenbild traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sitte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sitte | normative standard of society, mos, custom,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | site | — |
| 3 | Old High German | situ | custom; habit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sidu | custom, habit, practice |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | siduz | custom, habit, practice; conduct |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swedʰ- | custom, habit; wont, habit, custom |