Where does “Baumwollsocke” come from?

Baumwollsocke (German) comes from German Socke, from Middle Low German socke, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος — a kind of shoe.

Baumwollsocke (German): cotton sock

Definitions

  1. cotton sock

Ancestry of “Baumwollsocke”, step by step

Baumwollsocke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Socke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSockesock
2Middle Low Germansockeshort socks
3Latinsoccusslipper; comedy
4Ancient Greekσύκχοςa kind of shoe

via German Baumwolle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBaumwollecotton
2Middle High Germanboumwolle—
Every word from Ancient Greek σύκχος →Every word from Latin soccus →Every word from Middle Low German socke →