Where does “Alkoholtest” come from?

Alkoholtest (German) comes from German test, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis — to stand.

Alkoholtest (German): alcohol test, breath test, breathalyser test

Definitions

  1. alcohol test, breath test, breathalyser test

Ancestry of “Alkoholtest”, step by step

Alkoholtest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German test

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantesttest
2EnglishTesta Test match
3Germantestento test
4GermanTesttest; melting pot
5EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
6Middle Englishteste
7Old Frenchtestehead
8Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
9Latinterstis
10Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
11Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via German Alkohol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAlkoholalcohol, ethanol; alcohol, liquor
2Medieval Latinalcoholpowdered ore of antimony; kohl, collyrium,...
3Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
4Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
5Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstis