Where does “Plastfolie” come from?
Plastfolie (German) comes from German Plast, 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.
Plastfolie (German): plastic wrap, cling film
Definitions
- plastic wrap, cling film
Ancestry of “Plastfolie”, step by step
Plastfolie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Plast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Plast | plastic |
| 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 Folie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Folie | foil, metal film; plastic wrap, cling film;... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | folia | — |
| 3 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |