Where does “Wienerlied” come from?
Wienerlied (German) comes from German wiener, from German Wien, from Middle High German Wienne, from Old High German Wienna, from Latin Vedunia, from Proto-Celtic widus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weydʰh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European dwi- — two.
Wienerlied (German): a song genre which has its roots in Vienna, Austria
Definitions
- a song genre which has its roots in Vienna, Austria
Ancestry of “Wienerlied”, step by step
Wienerlied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German wiener
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wiener | of Vienna |
| 2 | German | Wien | Vienna |
| 3 | Middle High German | Wienne | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Wienna | — |
| 5 | Latin | Vedunia | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | widus | wood, trees |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weydʰh₁- | to separate, divide |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi- | two; apart, asunder |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via German lied
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lied | song musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |