Where does “Teufelsaustreibung” come from?
Teufelsaustreibung (German) comes from German Teufel, from Middle High German tiuvel, from Old High German tiufal, from Proto-West Germanic diubul, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- — two.
Teufelsaustreibung (German): exorcism
Definitions
- exorcism
Ancestry of “Teufelsaustreibung”, step by step
Teufelsaustreibung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Teufel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Teufel | the Devil, Satan; a devil, satan, i.e. a creature... |
| 2 | Middle High German | tiuvel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | tiufal | devil |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | diubul | devil |
| 5 | Latin | diabolus | devil |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διάβολος | slanderous; libellous; slanderer; the Devil |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via German Austreibung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Austreibung | driving out; expulsion |
| 2 | German | austreiben | to drive out |
| 3 | German | aus- | out- |
| 4 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 5 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 6 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 7 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |