Where does “Fiberglas” come from?

Fiberglas (German) comes from German Fiber, from Italian fibra, from Spanish fibra, from Portuguese fibra, from Latin fibra, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Fiberglas (German): fiberglass (US) / fibreglass (UK)

Definitions

  1. fiberglass (US) / fibreglass (UK)

Ancestry of “Fiberglas”, step by step

Fiberglas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fiber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFiber
2Italianfibrafiber, fibre
3Spanishfibrafiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass
4Portuguesefibrafibre
5Latinfibrafiber, filament
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via German glas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanglasglass
2Old High Germanglas
3Proto-West Germanicglasglass
4Proto-Germanicglasąglass
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

Words derived from “Fiberglas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey-