English
fugleman
Fugleman comes from German Flügelmann ‘a file-leader’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentFlügelmann‘a file-leader’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876fugleman
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentFlügelmann‘a file-leader’
- Englishearliest quotation 1876fugleman
Earliest quotation: 1876, A Week among the Maoris of Lake Taupo: “A "Haka" is the native dance, answering to the…”
A compound of Flügel ‘a wing, file’ + Mann ‘man’
Proto-Indo-European *plew- ‘flow’
Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ‘to fly, flow, run’
Proto-Germanic *fleuganą ‘to fly’
Proto-Germanic *flugilaz ‘wing’
Old High German *flugil
Middle High German vlügel
German Flügel ‘a wing, file’
Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man, human being’
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human, human being, person, individual’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person, human, individual’
Old High German man ‘man’
Middle High German man ‘man’
German Mann ‘man’
Every English word from German Flügelmann
Today it means
noun The member of a military group who leads the way or demonstrates drill; hence, someone who keeps the beat or timing, and/or demonstrates motions in other contexts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Flügelmann / fugleman