Where does “Tellergericht” come from?
Tellergericht (German) comes from German Gericht, from German richten, from Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Tellergericht (German): dish served on a plate
Definitions
- dish served on a plate
Ancestry of “Tellergericht”, step by step
Tellergericht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gericht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gericht | court; judgement; dish |
| 2 | German | richten | to direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put... |
| 3 | Middle High German | richten | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rihten | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rihtijan | to straighten to set straight; to align, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German teller
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | teller | plate, dish |
| 2 | Middle High German | teller | — |
| 3 | Middle French | tailloir | a plate or board upon which food is cut before it... |
| 4 | Old French | tailleor | — |
| 5 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 6 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 7 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |