Where does “Sprachfamilie” come from?

Sprachfamilie (German) comes from German Familie, from Latin familia, from Latin famulus, from Proto-Italic famelos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Sprachfamilie (German): language family

Definitions

  1. language family

Ancestry of “Sprachfamilie”, step by step

Sprachfamilie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Familie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFamiliefamily
2Latinfamiliafamily; household; A quantity of land adequate...
3Latinfamulusserving, servile; a servant, slave
4Proto-Italicfamelosservile, domestic
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰh₁-m-eló-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰh₁-m-eló- →Every word from Proto-Italic famelos →
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