Where does “Anglerstiefel” come from?
Anglerstiefel (German) comes from German Stiefel, from Old French estival, from Latin aestivālis, from Latin aestīvus, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.
Anglerstiefel (German): fishing boot: a thigh-high waterproof boot
Definitions
- fishing boot: a thigh-high waterproof boot
Ancestry of “Anglerstiefel”, step by step
Anglerstiefel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Stiefel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Stiefel | boot |
| 2 | Old French | estival | — |
| 3 | Latin | aestivālis | summer |
| 4 | Latin | aestīvus | summer |
| 5 | Latin | autumnus | autumn, fall; autumn; autumnal |
| 6 | Latin | auctumnus | autumn; autumn; autumnal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewǵ- | cold |
via German Angler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Angler | angler (person who fishes with a hook and line) male or of unspecified gender |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |