Where does “Fiberglasgewebe” come from?
Fiberglasgewebe (German) comes from German Fiberglas, 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.
Fiberglasgewebe (German): fiberglass fabric
Definitions
- fiberglass fabric
Ancestry of “Fiberglasgewebe”, step by step
Fiberglasgewebe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fiberglas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fiberglas | fiberglass (US) / fibreglass (UK) |
| 2 | German | Fiber | — |
| 3 | Italian | fibra | fiber, fibre |
| 4 | Spanish | fibra | fiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass |
| 5 | Portuguese | fibra | fibre |
| 6 | Latin | fibra | fiber, filament |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via German Gewebe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gewebe | fabric (woven fabric), cloth, tissue, stuff, weave, mesh (e.g. wire mesh) |
| 2 | German | weben | to weave; to intertwine |
| 3 | Middle High German | weben | — |
| 4 | Old High German | weban | to weave |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | weban | to weave |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | webaną | to weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |