Where does “Spätantike” come from?
Spätantike (German) comes from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.
Spätantike (German): Late Antiquity
Definitions
- Late Antiquity
Ancestry of “Spätantike”, step by step
Spätantike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German spät
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | spät | late |
| 2 | Middle High German | spǣte | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spāti | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *spādī | late |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spēdiz | late |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁-tí-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
via German Antike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Antike | antiquity |
| 2 | Latin | antīquus | old, ancient |
| 3 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |