Where does “Violinschlüssel” come from?

Violinschlüssel (German) comes from German Violine, from Italian violino, from Italian -ino, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Violinschlüssel (German): treble clef

Definitions

  1. treble clef

Ancestry of “Violinschlüssel”, step by step

Violinschlüssel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Violine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanViolineviolin
2Italianviolinoviolin, fiddle; violin, violinist
3Italian-inoAlterative suffix used to form diminutives; Used...
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German schlüssel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschlüssela key
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-