Where does “Stiefel” come from?

Stiefel (German) comes from Old French estival, from Latin aestivālis, from Latin aestīvus, from Latin autumnus, from Latin auctumnus, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- — cold.

Stiefel (German): boot

Definitions

  1. boot

Ancestry of “Stiefel”, step by step

Stiefel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French estival

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestival—
2Latinaestivālissummer
3Latinaestīvussummer
4Latinautumnusautumn, fall; autumn; autumnal
5Latinauctumnusautumn; autumn; autumnal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewǵ-cold

via Old High German stival

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstivalboot
2Old Frenchestivel—

Words derived from “Stiefel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewǵ- →