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Where does “Wortschöpferin” come from?

Wortschöpferin (German) comes from German Wortschöpfer, from German Schöpfer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Wortschöpferin (German): female inventor of words

Definitions

  1. female inventor of words

Ancestry of “Wortschöpferin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWortschöpferinventor of words
2GermanSchöpfercreator; Creator; ladle
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āri—
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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