Where does “grammofonstift” come from?

grammofonstift (Swedish) comes from Swedish stift, from Middle Low German stift.

grammofonstift (Swedish): a gramophone needle

Definitions

  1. a gramophone needle

Ancestry of “grammofonstift”, step by step

grammofonstift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish stift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstifta pin, a needle; a drawing utensil, an engraver's...
2Middle Low Germanstift—

via Swedish grammofon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgrammofongramophone
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