Where does “irrlichternd” come from?
irrlichternd (German) comes from German irrlichtern, from German Irrlicht, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan — boundary, end.
irrlichternd (German): wandering, flitting
Definitions
- wandering, flitting
Ancestry of “irrlichternd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | irrlichtern | to flit about, to vacillate |
| 2 | German | Irrlicht | will o' the wisp |
| 3 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 4 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 5 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 6 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 7 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 11 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 12 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |