Where does “candelsticca” come from?

candelsticca (Old English) comes from Old English candel, from Latin candēla, from Latin candeō, from Proto-Italic kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European kand- — to shine, glow.

candelsticca (Old English): candlestick

Definitions

  1. candlestick

Ancestry of “candelsticca”, step by step

candelsticca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English candel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcandelcandle
2LatincandēlaA light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper
3Latincandeōto be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white
4Proto-Italickandēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankand-to shine, glow

via Old English sticca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsticcastick
2Proto-West Germanic*stikkōstick, pole

Words derived from “candelsticca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kand- →