Where does “Viertelfinale” come from?

Viertelfinale (German) comes from German Finale, from Italian finale, from Latin fīnālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

Viertelfinale (German): quarter-final

Definitions

  1. quarter-final

Ancestry of “Viertelfinale”, step by step

Viertelfinale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Finale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFinalefinal; finale
2Italianfinalefinal, ending; end, ending, conclusion; finale
3LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

via German Viertel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanViertelquarter; Clipping of Stadtviertel; quarter,...
2Old High Germanfiorteil—
Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →