Where does “Oktaederstumpf” come from?

Oktaederstumpf (German) comes from German stumpf, from Middle High German stumpf, from Old High German stumpf, from Proto-Germanic stumpaz — stump.

Oktaederstumpf (German): truncated octahedron

Definitions

  1. truncated octahedron

Ancestry of “Oktaederstumpf”, step by step

Oktaederstumpf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stumpf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstumpfdull, blunt; flat
2Middle High Germanstumpf—
3Old High Germanstumpf—
4Proto-Germanicstumpazstump

via German Oktaeder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOktaederoctahedron
2Ancient Greekἕδραseat, chair, stool, bench; the act of sitting;...
3Proto-Hellenic*hédrā—
Every word from Proto-Germanic stumpaz →