Where does “Äquatorialgürtel” come from?

Äquatorialgürtel (German) comes from German äquatorial, from German Äquator, from Latin aequātor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Äquatorialgürtel (German): equatorial belt

Definitions

  1. equatorial belt

Ancestry of “Äquatorialgürtel”, step by step

Äquatorialgürtel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German äquatorial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanäquatorialequatorial
2GermanÄquatorequator
3Latinaequātorcoin inspector or assayer
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via German gürtel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangürtelbelt
2Middle High Germangürtel—
3Old High Germangurtilgirdle
4Proto-West Germanic*gurdil—
5Proto-Germanicgurdilazgirdle
6Proto-Germanicgurdijanąto gird
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin aequātor →