Where does “Marschflugkörper” come from?
Marschflugkörper (German) comes from German marsch, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
Marschflugkörper (German): cruise missile
Definitions
- cruise missile
Ancestry of “Marschflugkörper”, step by step
Marschflugkörper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German marsch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | marsch | march |
| 2 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 3 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via German Flugkörper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flugkörper | spacecraft, spaceship, satellite |
| 2 | German | flug | flight (in the air) |
| 3 | Old High German | flug | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flugiz | flight, flying |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |