Where does “farvestof” come from?
farvestof (Danish) comes from Danish stof, from German Stoff, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn — to push, to hit.
farvestof (Danish): food colouring; pigment, dye
Definitions
- food colouring; pigment, dye
Ancestry of “farvestof”, step by step
farvestof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish stof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | stof | cloth, fabric; substance; matter |
| 2 | German | Stoff | stuff, matter, substance; substance; cloth,... |
| 3 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 6 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 7 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 8 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 9 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Danish farve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | farve | color (US), colour (UK) |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | varwen | to colour, to dye; to paint |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | varwe | colour; paint, dye |
| 4 | Old Dutch | farwa | colour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *faru | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |