Where does “spiegelbildlich” come from?
spiegelbildlich (German) comes from German Spiegelbild, from German spiegel, from Middle High German spiegel, from Old Saxon spiagal, from Proto-Germanic *spēgl, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum, from Proto-Italic -klom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
spiegelbildlich (German): mirror-image, mirror-inverted
Definitions
- mirror-image, mirror-inverted
Ancestry of “spiegelbildlich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spiegelbild | mirror image |
| 2 | German | spiegel | inflection of spiegeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | spiegel | mirror |
| 4 | Old Saxon | spiagal | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *spēgl | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 7 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |