Etymograph

English

Kirstein

Kirstein comes from German Kirstein, from Latin Chrīstiānus ‘Christian’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- ‘to smear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰrey-‘to smear’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχρίωkhríō‘to rub or smear with oil or unguents’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΧρῑστόςKhrīstós
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEChrīstus
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEChrīstiānus‘Christian’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentKirstein
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰrey-‘to smear’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχρίωkhríō‘to rub or smear with oil or unguents’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΧρῑστόςKhrīstós
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEChrīstus
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEChrīstiānus‘Christian’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentKirstein
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- ‘to smear’

cream, groan, grisly, 3 more

through Latin Chrīstiānus ‘Christian’

christen, cretin

Another origin of Kirstein

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentKirschsteinliterally ‘cherry stone’
  2. EnglishtodayKirstein

Today it means

name A surname from German [in turn transferred from the given name].

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- / Kirstein

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