Where does “etikettieren” come from?

etikettieren (German) comes from German Etikett, from French étiquette, from Middle French estiquette, from Old French estechier, from Frankish stikkan, from Proto-Germanic stikaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

etikettieren (German): to label, to tag

Definitions

  1. to label, to tag

Ancestry of “etikettieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEtikettlabel; tag
2Frenchétiquettetag, label; etiquette, prescribed behavior
3Middle Frenchestiquettesmall pole; small note
4Old Frenchestechierto attach, stick
5Frankishstikkan—
6Proto-Germanicstikanąto stick; to stab
7Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

Words derived from “etikettieren”

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