Where does “remvloeistof” come from?
remvloeistof (Dutch) comes from Dutch vloeistof, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn, from Old Dutch stuppon — to push, to hit.
remvloeistof (Dutch): brake fluid
Definitions
- brake fluid
Ancestry of “remvloeistof”, step by step
remvloeistof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vloeistof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vloeistof | a liquid, as opposed to solid - and gaseous (states of) matter |
| 2 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 5 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 6 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 7 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 8 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Dutch rem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rem | brake |
| 2 | Dutch | remmen | to brake, slow down; plural of rem |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | remmen | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | remmen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hramjaną | to put into a frame, to place a frame around; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |