Where does “Stegeinlage” come from?

Stegeinlage (German) comes from German steg, from Old High German steg.

Stegeinlage (German): bridge of an acoustic guitar (support for strings on sounding board)

Definitions

  1. bridge of an acoustic guitar (support for strings on sounding board)

Ancestry of “Stegeinlage”, step by step

Stegeinlage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German steg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanstegA path, footbridge, or catwalk, usually made of wooden planks, often over water or wet or muddy ground; a jetty; a gangplank; duckboards
2Old High Germansteg—

via German Einlage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinlageinsert, insertion, inlay; insert, insole; garnish
Every word from Old High German steg →Every word from German steg →