Where does “abbetekerspatel” come from?

abbetekerspatel (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Low German abbeteker, from Latin apothecarius, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη, from Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι, from Ancient Greek ἀπο-, from Ancient Greek ἀπό, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος — to push, to hit.

abbetekerspatel (Middle Low German): a pharmaceutical spatula: a long, thin knife-like utensil with a rounded blade used to work or mix powders, ointments and creams

Definitions

  1. a pharmaceutical spatula: a long, thin knife-like utensil with a rounded blade used to work or mix powders, ointments and creams

Ancestry of “abbetekerspatel”, step by step

abbetekerspatel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German abbeteker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanabbetekerpharmacist, apothecary
2Latinapothecariuswarehouseman, shopkeeper; clerk; druggist
3Latinapothēcarepository, storehouse, warehouse
4Ancient Greekἀποθήκηrepository, storehouse, warehouse
5Ancient Greekἀποτίθημιto put away
6Ancient Greekἀπο-Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating...
7Ancient Greekἀπόfrom, away from; because of, as a result of
8Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
9Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
10Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
12Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit

via Middle Low German spatel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspatel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewp-Every word from Ancient Greek τύπτω