Where does “Raketenwerfer” come from?
Raketenwerfer (German) comes from German Rakete, from Italian rocchetta, from Italian rocchetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
Raketenwerfer (German): rocket launcher
Definitions
- rocket launcher
Ancestry of “Raketenwerfer”, step by step
Raketenwerfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rakete
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rakete | rocket, missile |
| 2 | Italian | rocchetta | incendiary rocket |
| 3 | Italian | rocchetto | spool; reel; coil |
| 4 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 5 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 6 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 7 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
via German Werfer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Werfer | thrower |
| 2 | German | wërfen | to throw |
| 3 | Middle High German | wërfen | to throw |
| 4 | Old High German | werfan | to throw; to tear |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | werpaną | to throw; to cast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werb- | to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |