Where does “Kleiderständer” come from?

Kleiderständer (German) comes from German Ständer — stand; boner, stiffy, rod.

Kleiderständer (German): coat rack, coat stand, clothes tree

Definitions

  1. coat rack, coat stand, clothes tree

Ancestry of “Kleiderständer”, step by step

Kleiderständer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ständer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStänderstand; boner, stiffy, rod

via German Kleider

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKleiderplural of Kleid; clothes
Every word from German Ständer