Where does “merkstift” come from?
merkstift (Dutch) comes from Dutch stift, from Middle Dutch stifte, from Middle High German stift, from Old High German stift, from Proto-West Germanic *stift.
merkstift (Dutch): permanent marker
Ancestry of “merkstift”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | stift | graphite core of a pencil; a felt-tip pen, a... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | stifte | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | stift | — |
| 4 | Old High German | stift | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *stift | — |