Where does “Leuchtrakete” come from?

Leuchtrakete (German) comes from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

Leuchtrakete (German): flare, signal rocket

Definitions

  1. flare, signal rocket

Ancestry of “Leuchtrakete”, step by step

Leuchtrakete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rakete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaketerocket, missile
2Italianrocchettaincendiary rocket
3Italianrocchettospool; reel; coil
4Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
5English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
6Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
7Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
8Latin-ātused
9Proto-Italic-ātos
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via German leuchten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanleuchtento shine
2Old High Germanliuhten
3Proto-West Germanicliuhtijanto shine, to illuminate
4Proto-Germanicliuhtijanąto give light, shine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Italian -etto