Where does “Volksmarine” come from?
Volksmarine (German) comes from German Marine, from French Marine, from Italian Marina, from Spanish marina, from Latin marīnus, from Ancient Greek Μαρῖνος, from Latin marinus, from Latin -inus — adjectival suffix.
Volksmarine (German): people's navy: official name of the former East...
Definitions
- people's navy: official name of the former East...
Ancestry of “Volksmarine”, step by step
Volksmarine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Marine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Marine | navy |
| 2 | French | Marine | navy |
| 3 | Italian | Marina | coast |
| 4 | Spanish | marina | feminine singular of marino; navy |
| 5 | Latin | marīnus | marine; of or pertaining to the sea |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μαρῖνος | known from the ancient Roman and Byzantine Periods |
| 7 | Latin | marinus | marine; of or pertaining to the sea |
| 8 | Latin | -inus | Of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via German volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 2 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |