Where does “elfminütig” come from?

elfminütig (German) comes from German Elf, from English elf, from Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

elfminütig (German): eleven-minute

Definitions

  1. eleven-minute

Ancestry of “elfminütig”, step by step

elfminütig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Elf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanElfeleven; football team, XI; elf
2EnglishelfA luminous spirit presiding over nature and...
3Middle Englishelfelf, fairy; spirit, shade
4Old Englishielfelf
5Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
6Proto-Germanicalbīriver
7LatinAlbis—
8LatinAlbeus—

via German minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanminuteminute unit of time; unit of angle
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Latin Albeus →Every word from Proto-Germanic albī →Every word from Latin Albis →
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