Where does “Plastepuppe” come from?

Plastepuppe (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.

Plastepuppe (German): plastic doll

Definitions

  1. plastic doll

Ancestry of “Plastepuppe”, step by step

Plastepuppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Plaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPlasteplastic; plural of Plast
2GermanPlastikplastic; sculpture
3EnglishplasticA synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,...
4English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
5Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
6Old English-iġ-y, -ic
7Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
8Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via German puppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpuppedoll
2Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
3Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos