Where does “Sockelleiste” come from?

Sockelleiste (German) comes from German Sockel, from French socle, from Italian zoccolo, from Latin socculus, from Latin soccus, from Ancient Greek σύκχος — a kind of shoe.

Sockelleiste (German): baseboard, skirting board, mopboard

Definitions

  1. baseboard, skirting board, mopboard

Ancestry of “Sockelleiste”, step by step

Sockelleiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sockel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSockelbase; pedestal, plinth; socket for a chip or CPU
2Frenchsocleplinth, pedestal, socle; basis, foundation, core...
3Italianzoccolohoof; clog; plinth
4Latinsocculus
5Latinsoccusslipper; comedy
6Ancient Greekσύκχοςa kind of shoe

via German Leiste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLeisteledge; groin; bar
2Middle High Germanlīstestrip of cloth
3Old High Germanlīsta
4Proto-Germaniclīstōn
Every word from Ancient Greek σύκχος