Where does “vlammenwerper” come from?

vlammenwerper (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.

vlammenwerper (Dutch): a flamethrower

Definitions

  1. a flamethrower

Ancestry of “vlammenwerper”, step by step

vlammenwerper traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vlam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvlamflame; love interest, partner
2Middle Dutchvlammeflame
3Old Dutchflammaflame
4Old Frenchflamme
5Latinflammaflame, fire
6Latinflāgrāre
7Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
8Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via German Flammenwerfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlammenwerferflamethrower; blowlamp; flame gun
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Dutch werpen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwerpento throw; to give birth
2Middle Dutchwerpento throw; to cast off, to lose; to give birth
3Old Dutchwerpanto throw, to cast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-