Where does “Piercingschmuck” come from?
Piercingschmuck (German) comes from German Piercing, from English piercing, from English pierce, from Middle English perce, from Old French percier, from Latin pertusiāre, from Latin pertūsus, from Latin pertundere — to praise, laud.
Piercingschmuck (German): body piercing jewellery
Ancestry of “Piercingschmuck”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Piercing | body piercing |
| 2 | English | piercing | present participle of pierce; The action of the... |
| 3 | English | pierce | to puncture; to break through; to create a hole... |
| 4 | Middle English | perce | pierce |
| 5 | Old French | percier | to pierce |
| 6 | Latin | pertusiāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | pertūsus | — |
| 8 | Latin | pertundere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | pertundo | I bore through, perforate |
| 10 | Latin | tundo | I beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | tundō | beat, strike |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewd- | to push, to hit |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | stew- | to praise, laud |