Where does “Streichinstrumentenhersteller” come from?
Streichinstrumentenhersteller (German) comes from German Streichinstrument, from German streichen, from Middle High German strīchen, from Old High German strīhhan, from Frankish strīkan, from Proto-Germanic strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Streichinstrumentenhersteller (German): manufacturer of bowed string instruments
Definitions
- manufacturer of bowed string instruments
Ancestry of “Streichinstrumentenhersteller”, step by step
Streichinstrumentenhersteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Streichinstrument
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Streichinstrument | bowed string instrument |
| 2 | German | streichen | to stroke; to cancel; to discard; to delete; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | strīchen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | strīhhan | to smooth, stroke, spread, rub, strike |
| 5 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via German hersteller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hersteller | manufacturer |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |