Where does “Siegtorschütze” come from?
Siegtorschütze (German) comes from German Sieg, from Middle High German sige, from Old High German sigu, from Proto-Germanic *sigi, from Proto-Germanic segaz, from Proto-Indo-European séǵʰos, from Proto-Indo-European seǵʰ- — to hold; to overpower.
Siegtorschütze (German): soccer player who scores/scored the game-winning goal
Definitions
- soccer player who scores/scored the game-winning goal
Ancestry of “Siegtorschütze”, step by step
Siegtorschütze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sieg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sieg | victory |
| 2 | Middle High German | sige | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sigu | victory |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sigi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | segaz | victory, triumph |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | séǵʰos | power, strength |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |
via German Torschütze
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Torschütze | scorer, goal scorer |
| 2 | German | schütze | inflection of schützen: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schütze | — |
| 4 | Old High German | scuzzo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skutjaną | to bar, bolt |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skuttą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |