Where does “einfallsreich” come from?
einfallsreich (German) comes from German Einfall, from German einfallen, from Dutch invallen, from Dutch vallen, from Middle Dutch vallen, from Old Dutch fallan, from Proto-West Germanic fallan, from Proto-Germanic fallaną — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
einfallsreich (German): imaginative, inventive, ingenious
Definitions
- imaginative, inventive, ingenious
Ancestry of “einfallsreich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Einfall | idea; invasion, inroad |
| 2 | German | einfallen | to occur (to someone), to come (to someone); to come to mind idiomatically translated by |
| 3 | Dutch | invallen | to fall into; to begin abruptly, to suddenly... |
| 4 | Dutch | vallen | to fall, to tumble; to fall, to begin; to be able... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | vallen | to fall; to drop; to let oneself fall, to throw... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | fallan | to fall; to descend |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | fallan | to fall |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 10 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |