Where does “Doppelschnepfe” come from?

Doppelschnepfe (German) comes from German doppelt, from German doppeln, from Old French doble, from Latin dūplus, from Proto-Italic *duplos — double.

Doppelschnepfe (German): great snipe

Definitions

  1. great snipe

Ancestry of “Doppelschnepfe”, step by step

Doppelschnepfe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German doppelt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandoppeltdouble
2Germandoppelnto double
3Old Frenchdobledouble
4Latindūplusdouble (twice as much, or as big)
5Proto-Italic*duplosdouble

via German Schnepfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchnepfesnipe; woodcock; unpleasant, unlikable woman
2Old High Germansnepfa—

Words derived from “Doppelschnepfe”

Every word from Proto-Italic *duplos →
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