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Where does “Schlauchsocke” come from?

Schlauchsocke (German) comes from German Socke, from Middle Low German socke, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος — a kind of shoe.

Schlauchsocke (German): tube sock

Definitions

  1. tube sock

Ancestry of “Schlauchsocke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSockesock
2Middle Low Germansockeshort socks
3Latinsoccusslipper; comedy
4Ancient Greekσύκχοςa kind of shoe
Every word from Ancient Greek σύκχος →