Where does “Kunststoffabteilung” come from?
Kunststoffabteilung (German) comes from German Kunststoff, from German Stoff, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn — to push, to hit.
Kunststoffabteilung (German): plastics department of a factory
Definitions
- plastics department of a factory
Ancestry of “Kunststoffabteilung”, step by step
Kunststoffabteilung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kunststoff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kunststoff | plastic |
| 2 | German | Stoff | stuff, matter, substance; substance; cloth,... |
| 3 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 6 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 7 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 8 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 9 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via German Abteilung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abteilung | department; division; battalion |
| 2 | German | abteilen | to divide, to split apart, to sunder, to section |
| 3 | German | ab- | Separable verb prefix that indicates removal or... |
| 4 | German | AB | Abbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of... |
| 5 | Middle High German | ab | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |