Where does “Kohlefaser” come from?

Kohlefaser (German) comes from German Kohle, from Middle High German kole, from German Kohl, from Middle High German kōl, from Old High German kol, from Proto-West Germanic kol, from Proto-Germanic kulą, from Proto-Indo-European gʷol- — to burn; to shine.

Kohlefaser (German): carbon fiber

Definitions

  1. carbon fiber

Ancestry of “Kohlefaser”, step by step

Kohlefaser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kohle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKohlecoal; a coal; a piece of coal; money; dough; dosh
2Middle High Germankole
3GermanKohlcabbage; nonsense; idle talk
4Middle High Germankōl
5Old High Germankolcoal
6Proto-West Germanickolcoal
7Proto-Germanickulącoal
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷol-
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵwelH-to burn; to shine

via German Faser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFaserfibre
2Old High Germanfasofibre
3Proto-Germanicfasōnfiber
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵwelH-
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