Where does “Dienstlaptop” come from?
Dienstlaptop (German) comes from German Laptop, from English laptop, from English lap, from Middle English lappen, from Old English lapian, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis — stone.
Dienstlaptop (German): work laptop laptop used for occupational purposes
Definitions
- work laptop laptop used for occupational purposes
Ancestry of “Dienstlaptop”, step by step
Dienstlaptop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Laptop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Laptop | laptop computer |
| 2 | English | laptop | A laptop computer |
| 3 | English | lap | The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a... |
| 4 | Middle English | lappen | to wrap, fold |
| 5 | Old English | lapian | to lick, lap up, suck |
| 6 | Tagalog | lapi | joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix |
| 7 | Spanish | lápiz | pencil |
| 8 | Italian | lapis | pencil; sanguine |
| 9 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | stone |
via German dienst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dienst | second-person singular present of dienen |
| 2 | Middle High German | dienst | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dionest | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōstaz | service |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |