Where does “Piratensender” come from?

Piratensender (German) comes from German Sender, from German Senden, from Middle High German senden, from Old High German senten, from Proto-Germanic sandijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

Piratensender (German): pirate radio station

Definitions

  1. pirate radio station

Ancestry of “Piratensender”, step by step

Piratensender traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sender

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSenderagent noun of senden
2GermanSendengerund of senden; transmission
3Middle High Germansenden
4Old High Germansenten
5Proto-Germanicsandijanąto send
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Pirat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPiratpirate; A member of a pirate party
2Italianpiratapirate; pirated, ripped; pirate, filibuster,...
3Latinpīrātapirate
4Ancient Greekπειρατήςbrigand, robber
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Ancient Greekπεῖραtrial, experiment, attempt
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti