Where does “maskeringstejp” come from?
maskeringstejp (Swedish) comes from Swedish maskering, from Swedish maskera, from Swedish mäsk, from French masqué, from Italian maschera, from Latin masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...
maskeringstejp (Swedish): masking tape, painter's tape
Definitions
- masking tape, painter's tape
Ancestry of “maskeringstejp”, step by step
maskeringstejp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish maskering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | maskering | masking, disguise (act of masking or disguising, or the disguise itself) |
| 2 | Swedish | maskera | to mask |
| 3 | Swedish | mäsk | mash, feed for animals |
| 4 | French | masqué | masked; past participle of masquer |
| 5 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 6 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |
via Swedish tejp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tejp | sticky tape; magnetic tape |
| 2 | English | tape | Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface... |
| 3 | Middle English | tape | Alternative form of tappe; band, ribbon, tape |
| 4 | Old English | tæppa | tap, spigot; band, ribbon, tape |
| 5 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |