Where does “Pferdemist” come from?

Pferdemist (German) comes from German Pferd, from Middle High German phert, from Old High German pfarifrit, from Old High German parafred, from Latin paraverēdus, from Ancient Greek παρά, from Latin verēdus, from Gaulish werēdos — horse.

Pferdemist (German): horsedung, horse manure

Definitions

  1. horsedung, horse manure

Ancestry of “Pferdemist”, step by step

Pferdemist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pferd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPferdhorse; knight
2Middle High Germanphert
3Old High Germanpfarifrithorse
4Old High Germanparafred
5Latinparaverēdusa horse for travel off public roads or to out of the way places
6Ancient Greekπαρά
7LatinverēdusA fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter
8Gaulishwerēdoshorse
9Proto-Celtic*uɸoreidoshorse

via German mist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmistmanure (domestic animals’ excrement mixed with hay)
2Middle High Germanmist
3Old High Germanmist
4Proto-Germanicmihstazcloud, mist, fog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃migʰstos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃meygʰ-fog, mist, cloud; to drizzle
Every word from Proto-Celtic *uɸoreidos