Where does “Vizeweltmeisterin” come from?
Vizeweltmeisterin (German) comes from German Weltmeisterin, from German Weltmeister, from German meister, from Middle High German meister, from Old High German meistar, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.
Ancestry of “Vizeweltmeisterin”, step by step
Vizeweltmeisterin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Weltmeisterin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Weltmeisterin | — |
| 2 | German | Weltmeister | world champion |
| 3 | German | meister | master |
| 4 | Middle High German | meister | master |
| 5 | Old High German | meistar | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | maester | — |
| 7 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via German Vize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vize | deputy |
| 2 | Latin | vice | ablative singular of vicis; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |