Where does “Fiberglaszylinder” come from?

Fiberglaszylinder (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.

Fiberglaszylinder (German): fiberglass cylinder

Definitions

  1. fiberglass cylinder

Ancestry of “Fiberglaszylinder”, step by step

Fiberglaszylinder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fiberglas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFiberglasfiberglass (US) / fibreglass (UK)
2GermanFiber—
3Italianfibrafiber, fibre
4Spanishfibrafiber; fiber; dietary fiber; fiberglass
5Portuguesefibrafibre
6Latinfibrafiber, filament
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via German Zylinder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZylindercylinder; top hat
2Latincylindruscylinder; a roller; a cylindrical stone for...
3Ancient Greekκύλινδροςround stone, tumbler, marble; roller, cylinder;...
4Ancient GreekκυλίνδωI roll, turn over
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