Where does “toolkit” come from?
Toolkit derives from English tool, from Middle English tool, from Middle Dutch kitte, from Old English tyllan, from Proto-Indo-European dol-, del-, and ultimately dewh₂-.
toolkit (English): An assembly of tools; A set of basic components...
Definitions
- An assembly of tools; A set of basic components...
Ancestry of “toolkit”, step by step
toolkit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kit | A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves;... |
| 2 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 3 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 4 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |