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Where does “bestrumpft” come from?

bestrumpft (German) comes from German strumpf, from Middle High German strumpf, from Old High German *strumpf, from Proto-Germanic strumpaz — stem, stalk.

bestrumpft (German): stockinged

Definitions

  1. stockinged

Ancestry of “bestrumpft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstrumpf—
2Middle High Germanstrumpf—
3Old High German*strumpf—
4Proto-Germanicstrumpazstem, stalk
Every word from Proto-Germanic strumpaz →