Where does “Plastikwäscheklammer” come from?
Plastikwäscheklammer (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Plastikwäscheklammer (German): plastic clothes peg, plastic clothespin
Definitions
- plastic clothes peg, plastic clothespin
Ancestry of “Plastikwäscheklammer”, step by step
Plastikwäscheklammer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Plastik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Plastik | plastic; sculpture |
| 2 | English | plastic | A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer,... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via German Wäscheklammer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wäscheklammer | clothes peg, clothespin |
| 2 | German | Wäsche | clothes, especially underwear; laundry; washing |
| 3 | Old High German | wascan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | waskaną | to wash |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watskaną | to wash, get wet |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |