Where does “blinder Passagier” come from?
blinder Passagier (German) comes from German blind, from Old High German blint, from Proto-West Germanic blind, from Proto-Germanic blindaz, from French blindage, from French blinder, from French blinde, from German blende — to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;...
blinder Passagier (German): Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic...
Definitions
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Ancestry of “blinder Passagier”, step by step
blinder Passagier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German blind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blind | blind; cloudy |
| 2 | Old High German | blint | blind |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | blind | blind |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blindaz | blind |
| 5 | French | blindage | armour, armour plating |
| 6 | French | blinder | to armor; to reinforce |
| 7 | French | blinde | pieces of wood used as cover or protection;... |
| 8 | German | blende | inflection of blenden: ## first-person singular... |
| 9 | German | blenden | to dazzle; to blind; to show off; to pose; to... |
| 10 | Middle High German | blenden | to blend, mix |
| 11 | Old High German | blenten | — |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | blandijaną | to blind |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlendʰ- | to blend, to mix up; to make cloudy, opaque;... |
via German Passagier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Passagier | passenger |
| 2 | Italian | passaggièro | — |
| 3 | French | passager | Passenger; Traveller; Whose presence in a... |
| 4 | French | passage | The act of going through a place or event; The... |
| 5 | French | passer | to go past; to cross; to pass |
| 6 | Middle French | passer | to pass; to go by |
| 7 | Old French | passer | to pass; to pass by |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | passare | to walk, pass; step, walk, pass; present active... |
| 9 | Latin | passus | spread out; dried; step |
| 10 | Latin | patior | I suffer, endure; I allow, acquiesce, permit,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |