Where does “Einzelstück” come from?

Einzelstück (German) comes from German stück, from Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki, from Proto-West Germanic stukkī, from Proto-Germanic stukkiją, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- — to push, to hit.

Einzelstück (German): unique specimen, single piece, individual piece

Definitions

  1. unique specimen, single piece, individual piece

Ancestry of “Einzelstück”, step by step

Einzelstück traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stück

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstück—
2Middle High Germanstückepiece
3Old High Germanstuckicrust, fragment, piece
4Proto-West Germanicstukkīpiece
5Proto-Germanicstukkijąstump; piece
6Proto-Indo-European(s)tewg-to push, to hit
7Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via German einzeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneinzelnsingle; lone; only, unique; separate; discrete
2Middle High Germaneinzel—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew- →