Where does “soldatenkist” come from?
soldatenkist (Dutch) comes from Dutch soldaat, from French soldat, from Middle French soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo — whole.
soldatenkist (Dutch): combat boot, army boot
Definitions
- combat boot, army boot
Ancestry of “soldatenkist”, step by step
soldatenkist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch soldaat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | soldaat | soldier, private |
| 2 | French | soldat | soldier |
| 3 | Middle French | soldat | soldier |
| 4 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 5 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 6 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 7 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 8 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 9 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
via Dutch kist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kist | A box, chest; A coffin; An aeroplane |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kiste | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | *kista | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kistu | chest strong box |
| 5 | Latin | cista | a trunk, a chest, a casket; vocative singular of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κύστις | bladder |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |