Where does “Übergangsjacke” come from?
Übergangsjacke (German) comes from German jacke, from Middle French jaque, from Middle French jacques, from French jacques, from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ, from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב — heel of the foot; heel.
Übergangsjacke (German): transitional jacket
Definitions
- transitional jacket
Ancestry of “Übergangsjacke”, step by step
Übergangsjacke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German jacke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | jacke | jacket |
| 2 | Middle French | jaque | — |
| 3 | Middle French | jacques | — |
| 4 | French | jacques | plural of jacque; a stupid person; a jemmy or... |
| 5 | Latin | Iacobus | Jacob; James; Saint James |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἰάκωβος | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰακώβ | Jacob |
| 8 | Hebrew | יַעֲקֹב | Jacob |
| 9 | Hebrew | עָקֵב | heel of the foot; heel |
via German Übergang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Übergang | crossing; transition |
| 2 | Middle High German | überganc | crossing, transition |
| 3 | Old High German | ubargang | doom, ruin; digression, divergence |
| 4 | Old High German | gang | A path, course, way, journey; a going |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *gang | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |