Where does “rohstoffarm” come from?
rohstoffarm (German) comes from German Rohstoff, from German Stoff, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer, from Old High German stoffōn — to push, to hit.
rohstoffarm (German): resource-poor, poor in natural resources
Definitions
- resource-poor, poor in natural resources
Ancestry of “rohstoffarm”, step by step
rohstoffarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rohstoff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rohstoff | raw material, material; resource; commodity |
| 2 | German | Stoff | stuff, matter, substance; substance; cloth,... |
| 3 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 6 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 7 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 8 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 9 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via German Arm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Arm | an arm; anything that resembles an arm |
| 2 | German | Leuchter | candlestick, sconce; candelabra |
| 3 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 4 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |