Where does “Suastoff” come from?
Suastoff (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Stoff, 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.
Suastoff (Plautdietsch): oxygen
Definitions
- oxygen
Ancestry of “Suastoff”, step by step
Suastoff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Stoff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Stoff | dust |
| 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 |