Where does “Tabaksteuer” come from?

Tabaksteuer (German) comes from German Steuer, from Middle High German stiur, from Middle Low German stǖr, from Proto-Germanic stiuriją, from Proto-Germanic stiurijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

Tabaksteuer (German): tobacco tax

Definitions

  1. tobacco tax

Ancestry of “Tabaksteuer”, step by step

Tabaksteuer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Steuer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSteuertax
2Middle High Germanstiur
3Middle Low Germanstǖr
4Proto-Germanicstiuriją
5Proto-Germanicstiurijanąto direct, steer
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Tabak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTabaktobacco
2Frenchtabactobacco; leaves of certain varieties of the plant...
3Spanishtabacotobacco
4Ottoman Turkishطباقdish, plate, any vessel for holding food, especially a round and shallow one, with a knobbed cover
5Arabicطَبَقplate
6Middle Persiantʾp̄k'frying pan
7Proto-Iraniantāpaka-heater {{non-gloss definition|or}} baking place...
8Proto-Iraniantap-to warm up, heat; flat
9Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot
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