Where does “bronzefarbig” come from?
bronzefarbig (German) comes from German farbig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą — year.
bronzefarbig (German): bronze-colored
Definitions
- bronze-colored
Ancestry of “bronzefarbig”, step by step
bronzefarbig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German farbig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | farbig | colored; chromatic |
| 2 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | Jahr | year |
| 5 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 6 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German Bronze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bronze | bronze |
| 2 | Italian | bronzo | bronze; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Italian | bronzare | To bronze |
| 4 | Romanian | bronza | to tan |
| 5 | French | bronzer | to tan, brown, catch a tan |
| 6 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 8 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |