Where does “Zinnsoldat” come from?
Zinnsoldat (German) comes from German Soldat, from Italian soldato, from Italian soldare, from Italian soldo, from Italian saldare, from Italian saldo, from Latin solidus, from Proto-Italic soliðos — whole.
Zinnsoldat (German): tin soldier
Definitions
- tin soldier
Ancestry of “Zinnsoldat”, step by step
Zinnsoldat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Soldat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Soldat | soldier |
| 2 | Italian | soldato | soldier |
| 3 | Italian | soldare | to pay a soldier or military member |
| 4 | Italian | soldo | penny, cent; money |
| 5 | Italian | saldare | to solder, weld; to join; to put together; to... |
| 6 | Italian | saldo | firm, steady; sound; settlement, payment |
| 7 | Latin | solidus | solid; A solidus: a Roman ~23-carat gold coin... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | soliðos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s | entire |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | solh₂- | whole |