Where does “Schaltpult” come from?

Schaltpult (German) comes from German pult, from Middle High German pulpet, from Latin pulpitum, from Latin pulpita, from Old French pulpite.

Schaltpult (German): (slanted) control panel

Definitions

  1. (slanted) control panel

Ancestry of “Schaltpult”, step by step

Schaltpult traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German pult

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpultinflection of pulen: ## second-person plural...
2Middle High Germanpulpet—
3Latinpulpitumplatform, scaffold, or pulpit for public...
4Latinpulpitanominative plural of pulpitum; accusative plural...
5Old Frenchpulpite—

via German schalten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschaltento switch
2Middle High Germanschalten—
3Old High Germanscaltanto push a ship forward
4Proto-Germanicskaldanąto knock, hit
Every word from Old French pulpite →Every word from Latin pulpita →Every word from Latin pulpitum →