Where does “Trauerflor” come from?
Trauerflor (German) comes from German Flor, from Dutch floers, from French velours, from Old French velous, from Latin villosus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.
Trauerflor (German): crape, black ribbon, mourning band
Definitions
- crape, black ribbon, mourning band
Ancestry of “Trauerflor”, step by step
Trauerflor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Flor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flor | nap, pile; veil; bloom, flowering |
| 2 | Dutch | floers | veil; darkness, obscurity |
| 3 | French | velours | velvet |
| 4 | Old French | velous | — |
| 5 | Latin | villosus | hairy, shaggy |
| 6 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 7 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |
via German trauern
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | trauern | to mourn; to be sad |
| 2 | Middle High German | trūren | — |
| 3 | Old High German | trūrēn | to mourn |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dreusaną | to fall |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrews- | crumble; to break, break off, crumble; to break... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrew- | to mislead; to deceive, mislead; to crumble,... |