Where does “flammen” come from?
flammen (German) comes from Dutch vlammen, from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō — to smell.
flammen (German): to flame
Definitions
- to flame
Ancestry of “flammen”, step by step
flammen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vlammen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vlammen | to catch flames; to flash, speed like a flare |
| 2 | Dutch | vlam | flame; love interest, partner |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vlamme | flame |
| 4 | Old Dutch | flamma | flame |
| 5 | Old French | flamme | — |
| 6 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 7 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |