Where does “Klebezettel” come from?
Klebezettel (German) comes from German Zettel, from German zeddel, from German zedele, from Italian cedola, from Medieval Latin cedula, from Latin schedula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Klebezettel (German): post-it note; sticky-note
Definitions
- post-it note; sticky-note
Ancestry of “Klebezettel”, step by step
Klebezettel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zettel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zettel | a small or loose piece of paper, slip; note,... |
| 2 | German | zeddel | — |
| 3 | German | zedele | — |
| 4 | Italian | cedola | counterfoil; coupon, voucher |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cedula | Alternative form of schedula |
| 6 | Latin | schedula | leaf of paper |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via German klebēn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | klebēn | to glue |
| 2 | Middle High German | kleben | — |
| 3 | Old High German | klebēn | to stick; cleave |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | klibēn | to stick, to adhere |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klibāną | to stick, to adhere |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gleybʰ- | to stick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |