Where does “metalumlaut” come from?
metalumlaut (Dutch) comes from Dutch metal, from English metal, from French métal, from German metall, from Italian metallo, from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal — to mine, quarry.
metalumlaut (Dutch): a decorative umlaut over a letter in the name of...
Definitions
- a decorative umlaut over a letter in the name of...
Ancestry of “metalumlaut”, step by step
metalumlaut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch metal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | metal | metal rock genre |
| 2 | English | metal | "Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where... |
| 3 | French | métal | metal |
| 4 | German | metall | metal |
| 5 | Italian | metallo | metal |
| 6 | Spanish | metal | metal |
| 7 | Old Spanish | metal | metal |
| 8 | Old French | métal | metal material |
| 9 | Latin | metallum | metal; precious metals, especially gold or... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλον | A mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μέταλλευειν | to mine, quarry |
via Dutch umlaut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | umlaut | umlaut |
| 2 | German | umlaut | umlaut |
| 3 | German | Laut | sound; noise |
| 4 | Middle High German | lūt | loud |
| 5 | Old High German | lūt | loud |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hlūd | loud; sound |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlūdaz | loud; famous |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlewtos | heard, famous |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱlew- | to hear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |