Where does “Schleifring” come from?

Schleifring (German) comes from German ring, from Old High German ring, from Proto-West Germanic hring, from Proto-Germanic hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Schleifring (German): abrasive ring

Definitions

  1. abrasive ring

Ancestry of “Schleifring”, step by step

Schleifring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanringsingular imperative of ringen; first-person...
2Old High Germanringring object in the shape of a circle
3Proto-West Germanichringring, circle
4Proto-Germanichringazring, circle; curve; sound, ring
5Proto-Indo-European(s)krengʰ-to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via German schleifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschleifento grind, to whet, to move across a surface...
2Middle High Germansleifen
3Old High Germansleifento drag
4Proto-West Germanicslaipijanto pull along, to drag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-