Where does “Plastik” come from?

Plastik (German) comes from English plastic, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Plastik (German): plastic; sculpture

Definitions

  1. plastic; sculpture

Ancestry of “Plastik”, step by step

Plastik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plastic

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

via French plastique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchplastiqueplastic
2Middle Frenchplastique

Words derived from “Plastik

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos