Where does “Geländestufe” come from?

Geländestufe (German) comes from German Stufe, from Italian stufa, from Italian stufare, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh-, from Proto-Indo-European dheu- — scatter like dust.

Geländestufe (German): fault scarp

Definitions

  1. fault scarp

Ancestry of “Geländestufe”, step by step

Geländestufe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stufe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStufestep, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;...
2Italianstufafeminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person...
3Italianstufareto stew; to bore or weary
4Medieval Latinstupha
5Ancient Greekτῦφοςa kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense
6Ancient Greekτύφωto smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandhubh-
8Proto-Indo-Europeandheu-scatter like dust

via German Gelände

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeländearea, terrain
2Middle High Germangelende
3Old High Germangilenti
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dheu-
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