Where does “Korkenzieher” come from?
Korkenzieher (German) comes from German Korken, from German Kork, from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
Korkenzieher (German): corkscrew
Definitions
- corkscrew
Ancestry of “Korkenzieher”, step by step
Korkenzieher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Korken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Korken | cork |
| 2 | German | Kork | cork |
| 3 | Dutch | kurk | cork |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 5 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 6 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |
via German Zieher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zieher | puller |
| 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) |