Where does “Soldatenzopf” come from?
Soldatenzopf (German) comes from German Soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.
Soldatenzopf (German): soldier's braid
Definitions
- soldier's braid
Ancestry of “Soldatenzopf”, step by step
Soldatenzopf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Soldat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Soldat | soldier |
| 2 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 3 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 4 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 5 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 6 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 7 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |
via German zopf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zopf | plait; pigtail; ponytail any long bundle of hair, braided or not |
| 2 | Middle High German | zopf | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zoph | tuft |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *topp | top, summit, crest |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tuppaz | tuft, plait; top, summit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dumb- | tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,... |