Where does “Werkzeugmacher” come from?
Werkzeugmacher (German) comes from German Werkzeug, from German Werk, from Middle High German werch, from Old High German werc, from Proto-West Germanic werk, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
Werkzeugmacher (German): toolmaker, tool-and-die maker
Definitions
- toolmaker, tool-and-die maker
Ancestry of “Werkzeugmacher”, step by step
Werkzeugmacher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Werkzeug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Werkzeug | tool; tools |
| 2 | German | Werk | work, achievement; work, piece; factory, plant,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | werch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | werc | work |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | werk | work |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | werką | work |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via German Macher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Macher | agent noun of machen; maker |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |