Where does “Trickfilmzeichner” come from?
Trickfilmzeichner (German) comes from German Trickfilm, from German film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-.
Trickfilmzeichner (German): animator male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- animator male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Trickfilmzeichner”, step by step
Trickfilmzeichner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Trickfilm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Trickfilm | animated film, animation |
| 2 | German | film | film a thin layer of some substance |
| 3 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 4 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 5 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 6 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 7 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via German Zeichner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zeichner | drawer |
| 2 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 3 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 4 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |