Where does “Leichtmetallfelge” come from?

Leichtmetallfelge (German) comes from German Leichtmetall, from German metall, from Italian metallo, from Spanish metal, from Old Spanish metal, from Old French métal, from Latin metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον — to mine, quarry.

Leichtmetallfelge (German): alloy wheel

Definitions

  1. alloy wheel

Ancestry of “Leichtmetallfelge”, step by step

Leichtmetallfelge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Leichtmetall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLeichtmetalllight alloy
2Germanmetallmetal
3Italianmetallometal
4Spanishmetalmetal
5Old Spanishmetalmetal
6Old Frenchmétalmetal material
7Latinmetallummetal; precious metals, especially gold or...
8Ancient GreekμέταλλονA mine, quarry, or salt pit; metal
9Ancient Greekμέταλλευεινto mine, quarry

via German Felge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFelgefelly, rim
2Middle High Germanvelge—
3Old High Germanfelgafelly, harrow
4Proto-Germanicfelgōfelly, outer rim of a wheel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥ǵʰ-—
Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλευειν →Every word from Ancient Greek μέταλλον →Every word from Latin metallum →