Where does “Plastegabel” come from?
Plastegabel (German) comes from German Plaste, from German Plastik, from English plastic, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
Plastegabel (German): plastic fork
Definitions
- plastic fork
Ancestry of “Plastegabel”, step by step
Plastegabel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Plaste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Plaste | plastic; plural of Plast |
| 2 | German | Plastik | plastic; sculpture |
| 3 | English | plastic | A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via German gabel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gabel | inflection of gabeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | gabel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gabala | sparrow hawk |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gabulu | fork; pitchfork |
| 5 | Gaulish | gabalos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | gabalos | fork, forked branch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰabʰlos | fork, branch of tree |