Where does “Motorhaube” come from?

Motorhaube (German) comes from German motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Motorhaube (German): hood, bonnet UK

Definitions

  1. hood, bonnet UK

Ancestry of “Motorhaube”, step by step

Motorhaube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotorengine mechanical device
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German haube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaubebonnet, cap
2Middle High Germanhoube
3Old High Germanhūba
4Proto-West Germanichūbāhood, cowl
5Proto-Germanichūbǭa covering for the head; hood; cowl
6Proto-Indo-Europeankēwp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor
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