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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

Definitions

  1. body piercing jewellery

Ancestry of “Piercingschmuck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPiercingbody piercing
2Englishpiercingpresent participle of pierce; The action of the...
3Englishpierceto puncture; to break through; to create a hole...
4Middle Englishpercepierce
5Old Frenchpercierto pierce
6Latinpertusiāre—
7Latinpertūsus—
8Latinpertunderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9LatinpertundoI bore through, perforate
10LatintundoI beat, strike, buffet; I pound, bruise, crush,...
11Proto-Italictundōbeat, strike
12Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
13Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud
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