Where does “Schuhspanner” come from?
Schuhspanner (German) comes from German Schuh, from Middle High German schuo, from Old High German scuoh, from Proto-West Germanic skōh, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...
Schuhspanner (German): shoe tree
Definitions
- shoe tree
Ancestry of “Schuhspanner”, step by step
Schuhspanner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schuh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schuh | shoe |
| 2 | Middle High German | schuo | — |
| 3 | Old High German | scuoh | shoe |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skōh | shoe |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skōhaz | shoe |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skewk- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kew- | to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,... |
via German Spanner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spanner | agent noun of spannen |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |