Where does “vermöbeln” come from?
vermöbeln (German) comes from German Möbel, from Middle French meuble, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
vermöbeln (German): to beat up
Definitions
- to beat up
Ancestry of “vermöbeln”, step by step
vermöbeln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Möbel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Möbel | furniture; piece of furniture |
| 2 | Middle French | meuble | — |
| 3 | Latin | mōbilis | movable, loose |
| 4 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via German ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ver- -en | Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" |