Where does “spijkerstof” come from?
spijkerstof (Dutch) comes from Dutch spijkerbroek, from Dutch spijker, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um.
spijkerstof (Dutch): denim
Ancestry of “spijkerstof”, step by step