Where does “stoflighed” come from?
stoflighed (Danish) comes from Danish stoflig, 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 — to push, to hit.
stoflighed (Danish): materiality
Definitions
- materiality
Ancestry of “stoflighed”, step by step
stoflighed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish stoflig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | stoflig | material, concrete; of sensory reality |
| 2 | Danish | stof | cloth, fabric; substance; matter |
| 3 | German | Stoff | stuff, matter, substance; substance; cloth,... |
| 4 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 7 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 8 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 9 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 10 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |