Where does “Golfschläger” come from?
Golfschläger (German) comes from German Schläger, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Golfschläger (German): golf club
Definitions
- golf club
Ancestry of “Golfschläger”, step by step
Golfschläger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schläger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schläger | agent noun of schlagen |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German golf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | golf | singular imperative of golfen; first-person... |
| 2 | Italian | golfo | gulf |
| 3 | Latin | colfos | — |
| 4 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |