Where does “stiftblyant” come from?

stiftblyant (Danish) comes from Danish stift, from Middle Low German stift.

stiftblyant (Danish): mechanical pencil

Definitions

  1. mechanical pencil

Ancestry of “stiftblyant”, step by step

stiftblyant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish stift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishstifta diocese (a church unit led by a bishop), a bishopric
2Middle Low Germanstift—

via Danish blyant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishblyantpencil
Every word from Middle Low German stift →Every word from Danish stift →