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Where does “gummistövel” come from?

gummistövel (Swedish) comes from Swedish stövel, from Old Swedish støvel, from Old Norse styfill, from Middle Low German stevel, from Italian Stivale, from Italian stiva, from Italian stivare, from Latin stīpāre.

gummistövel (Swedish): a Wellington boot, a gumboot

Definitions

  1. a Wellington boot, a gumboot

Ancestry of “gummistövel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstövela boot
2Old Swedishstøvel—
3Old Norsestyfill—
4Middle Low Germanstevel—
5ItalianStivale—
6Italianstivahold; third-person singular present indicative of...
7ItalianstivareTo stow or load
8Latinstīpāre—
9Latinstīpō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanstīpos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeansteip-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steip- →