Where does “Wimmelbilderbuch” come from?
Wimmelbilderbuch (German) comes from German wimmeln, from German wimmen, from Latin vindemiō, from Latin vindēmia, from Latin dēmō, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post — afterwards, post; by, at.
Wimmelbilderbuch (German): A picture book containing pictures richly...
Definitions
- A picture book containing pictures richly...
Ancestry of “Wimmelbilderbuch”, step by step
Wimmelbilderbuch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German wimmeln
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wimmeln | to teem |
| 2 | German | wimmen | to hold/keep a vintage |
| 3 | Latin | vindemiō | to harvest grapes, gather the vintage |
| 4 | Latin | vindēmia | a grape-gathering, vintage |
| 5 | Latin | dēmō | to remove, take away, subtract |
| 6 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 7 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 8 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 9 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |
via German Bilderbuch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bilderbuch | picture book |
| 2 | German | būch | book collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication |
| 3 | Middle High German | buoch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | buoh | book |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bōk | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |