Where does “Sprengstoffgürtel” come from?
Sprengstoffgürtel (German) comes from German Sprengstoff, from German Stoff, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn — to push, to hit.
Sprengstoffgürtel (German): explosive belt, suicide belt
Definitions
- explosive belt, suicide belt
Ancestry of “Sprengstoffgürtel”, step by step
Sprengstoffgürtel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sprengstoff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sprengstoff | explosive |
| 2 | German | Stoff | stuff, matter, substance; substance; cloth,... |
| 3 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 6 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 7 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 8 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 9 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |