Where does “stortbad” come from?

stortbad (Dutch) comes from Dutch storten, from Middle Dutch sterten, from Old Dutch sturten, from Proto-West Germanic sturtijan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

stortbad (Dutch): shower; a flush of water; disillusion

Definitions

  1. shower; a flush of water; disillusion

Ancestry of “stortbad”, step by step

stortbad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch storten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstortento dump, to deposit; to plummet; to deposit into...
2Middle Dutchstertento rush, fall, collapse
3Old Dutchsturten
4Proto-West Germanicsturtijanto fall down, tumble
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

via Dutch bad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbadbath
2Middle Dutchbatbath; better; comparative degree of wel;...
3Old Dutchbat
4Proto-Germanicbatizcomparative degree of *wela
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter-
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