Where does “Achtkantschliff” come from?
Achtkantschliff (German) comes from German achtkantig, from German Kante, from Low German kant, from Middle Low German kant, from Middle Dutch kant, from Latin canthus, from Gaulish cantos, from Proto-Celtic cantos.
Achtkantschliff (German): octagonal cut, single cut (of a gemstone)
Definitions
- octagonal cut, single cut (of a gemstone)
Ancestry of “Achtkantschliff”, step by step
Achtkantschliff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German achtkantig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | achtkantig | octagonal having eight edges |
| 2 | German | Kante | edge |
| 3 | Low German | kant | edge, corner |
| 4 | Middle Low German | kant | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | kant | — |
| 6 | Latin | canthus | the iron ring around a carriage wheel; the tire;... |
| 7 | Gaulish | cantos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | cantos | corner, rim |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂ndʰ | — |