Where does “Trichterbecher” come from?
Trichterbecher (German) comes from German Trichter, from Middle High German trihter, from Old High German trahtāri, from Proto-West Germanic *trahtārī, from Latin tractārius, from Latin traiectorium, from Latin trāiciō, from Latin trāditiō — shoe.
Trichterbecher (German): funnel beaker, funnel-shaped beaker
Definitions
- funnel beaker, funnel-shaped beaker
Ancestry of “Trichterbecher”, step by step
Trichterbecher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Trichter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Trichter | funnel; hopper |
| 2 | Middle High German | trihter | — |
| 3 | Old High German | trahtāri | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *trahtārī | funnel |
| 5 | Latin | tractārius | — |
| 6 | Latin | traiectorium | funnel |
| 7 | Latin | trāiciō | to throw, cast or hurl across or over |
| 8 | Latin | trāditiō | a surrender, delivering up |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
via German becher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | becher | inflection of bechern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | becher | — |
| 3 | Old High German | behhari | — |
| 4 | Latin | bīcārium | drinking glass |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βῖκος | vase with handles, amphora; land measure of... |
| 6 | Latin | vīcus | row of houses; street; quarter; neighbourhood |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | weikos | village |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |