Where does “messingummantelt” come from?

messingummantelt (German) comes from German Messing, from Middle High German messinc, from Proto-Germanic masjinga-.

messingummantelt (German): brass-jacketed

Definitions

  1. brass-jacketed

Ancestry of “messingummantelt”, step by step

messingummantelt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Messing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMessingbrass
2Middle High Germanmessinc—
3Proto-Germanicmasjinga-—

via German ummantelt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanummanteltencased, encapsulated
Every word from Proto-Germanic masjinga- →Every word from Middle High German messinc →Every word from German Messing →