Where does “zurückbleiben” come from?
zurückbleiben (German) comes from German bleiben, from Middle High German blīben, from Old High German bilīban, from Proto-Germanic bilībaną, from Proto-Germanic bi-, from Proto-Germanic bi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi — on, onto.
zurückbleiben (German): to remain, to stay behind
Definitions
- to remain, to stay behind
Ancestry of “zurückbleiben”, step by step
zurückbleiben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German bleiben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bleiben | to remain to continue to be |
| 2 | Middle High German | blīben | — |
| 3 | Old High German | bilīban | to remain |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bilībaną | to stay, to remain in place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German zurück
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zurück | back, backwards, to the rear; stand back! |
| 2 | German | zu- | Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zuo- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zuo- | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |