Where does “Plattenteller” come from?

Plattenteller (German) comes from German teller, from Middle High German teller, from Middle French tailloir, from Old French tailleor, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód — this; that.

Plattenteller (German): turntable

Definitions

  1. turntable

Ancestry of “Plattenteller”, step by step

Plattenteller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German teller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantellerplate, dish
2Middle High Germanteller
3Middle Frenchtailloira plate or board upon which food is cut before it...
4Old Frenchtailleor
5Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
6Latintaliōpunishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation
7Latintālissuch
8Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
9Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
10Proto-Indo-Europeanthis; that

via German platte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplatte
2Middle High Germanplatte
3Old High Germanplatta
4Vulgar Latinplattametal plate
5Latinplattusflattened
6Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European