Where does “zat lemas” come from?
zat lemas (Malay) comes from Dutch stikstof, from German Stickstoff, from German Stoff, from Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stof, from Middle Dutch stoffe, from Old French estophe, from Old French estoffer — to push, to hit.
zat lemas (Malay): nitrogen
Definitions
- nitrogen
Ancestry of “zat lemas”, step by step
zat lemas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch stikstof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stikstof | nitrogen |
| 2 | German | Stickstoff | nitrogen |
| 3 | German | Stoff | stuff, matter, substance; substance; cloth,... |
| 4 | Dutch | stof | dust; matter, material; substance |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | stof | — |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | stoffe | — |
| 7 | Old French | estophe | — |
| 8 | Old French | estoffer | to decorate, garnish |
| 9 | Old High German | stoffōn | to stop, halt |
| 10 | Old Dutch | stuppon | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | stuppōną | to stop; to close |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewb- | to push, hit; to push; stick; to push, butt,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |