Where does “herstígvél” come from?
herstígvél (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hér, from Old Norse hér, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti, from Proto-West Germanic kwidu — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
herstígvél (Icelandic): army boot
Definitions
- army boot
Ancestry of “herstígvél”, step by step
herstígvél traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic hér
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | hér | here |
| 2 | Old Norse | hér | here |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 5 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 6 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 7 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Icelandic stígvél
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | stígvél | a boot |
| 2 | Danish | støvle | boot |
| 3 | Italian | Stivale | the boot of Italy; Italy |
| 4 | Italian | stiva | hold; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Italian | stivare | To stow or load |
| 6 | Latin | stīpāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | stīpō | to crowd or press together, compress |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stīpos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steip- | — |