Where does “Nationaltrikot” come from?
Nationaltrikot (German) comes from German Trikot, from French tricot, from French tricoter, from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter, from Old French trique, from Old French estrique, from Middle Dutch strîken — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
Ancestry of “Nationaltrikot”, step by step
Nationaltrikot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Trikot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Trikot | jersey; sport shirt; sport kit |
| 2 | French | tricot | knitting; sweater, jumper; sea krait |
| 3 | French | tricoter | to knit |
| 4 | Middle French | tricoter | — |
| 5 | Old French | tricoter | to beat with sticks |
| 6 | Old French | trique | stick, game played with sticks |
| 7 | Old French | estrique | baton; stick; beam |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | strîken | to stroke, to pass (something) over gently |
| 9 | Old Saxon | strikan | to stroke |
| 10 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via German national
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | national | national; nationwide, national; nationalist |
| 2 | French | national | national |
| 3 | French | nation | nation |
| 4 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 5 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 6 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 7 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 8 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |