Where does “Rohstoffsektor” come from?
Rohstoffsektor (German) comes from German Rohstoff, from German Stoff, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn — to push, to hit.
Rohstoffsektor (German): raw materials sector, commodity sector the segment of the economy involved in the discovery and extraction of raw materials
Definitions
- raw materials sector, commodity sector the segment of the economy involved in the discovery and extraction of raw materials
Ancestry of “Rohstoffsektor”, step by step
Rohstoffsektor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rohstoff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rohstoff | raw material, material; resource; commodity |
| 2 | German | Stoff | stuff, matter, substance; substance; cloth,... |
| 3 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 6 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 7 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 8 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 9 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |