Where does “Solitärring” come from?
Solitärring (German) comes from German solitär, from French solitaire, from Latin solitarius, from Latin solitas, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Solitärring (German): solitaire ring a ring with a single brilliant-cut diamond in a prong setting
Definitions
- solitaire ring a ring with a single brilliant-cut diamond in a prong setting
Ancestry of “Solitärring”, step by step
Solitärring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German solitär
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | solitär | solitary |
| 2 | French | solitaire | solitaire, solitary |
| 3 | Latin | solitarius | solitary; lonely, lonesome |
| 4 | Latin | solitas | a being alone, loneliness, solitude; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via German ring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ring | singular imperative of ringen; first-person... |
| 2 | Old High German | ring | ring object in the shape of a circle |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hring | ring, circle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hringaz | ring, circle; curve; sound, ring |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krengʰ- | to turn, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |