Where does “Schwingschleifer” come from?

Schwingschleifer (German) comes from German Schleifer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Schwingschleifer (German): oscillating sander

Definitions

  1. oscillating sander

Ancestry of “Schwingschleifer”, step by step

Schwingschleifer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schleifer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchleifercutter
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Schwingen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwingenvibration, oscillation; wrestling; wings
2Middle High Germanswingento swing
3Old High Germanswingan
4Proto-West Germanic*swinganto swing
5Proto-Germanicswinganąto swing
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswenk-to bend, swing, swivel
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios