Where does “aufflammen” come from?
aufflammen (German) comes from German flammen, from Dutch vlammen, from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
aufflammen (German): To blaze, burn; To flame up, to flare up; To...
Definitions
- To blaze, burn; To flame up, to flare up; To...
Ancestry of “aufflammen”, step by step
aufflammen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German flammen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | flammen | to flame |
| 2 | Dutch | vlammen | to catch flames; to flash, speed like a flare |
| 3 | Dutch | vlam | flame; love interest, partner |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vlamme | flame |
| 5 | Old Dutch | flamma | flame |
| 6 | Old French | flamme | — |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |