Where does “filmgeschichtlich” come from?
filmgeschichtlich (German) comes from German film, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.
filmgeschichtlich (German): film history
Definitions
- film history
Ancestry of “filmgeschichtlich”, step by step
filmgeschichtlich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German film
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | film | film a thin layer of some substance |
| 2 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 3 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 4 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 5 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 6 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via German geschichtlich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geschichtlich | historical |
| 2 | German | geschichte | history |
| 3 | Middle High German | geschicht(e) | event, struggle, story, history |
| 4 | Old High German | gisciht | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skehaną | to jump; spring up; to emerge; come up; happen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱek- | to pass, happen |