Where does “Stroßeninstandhalting” come from?

Stroßeninstandhalting (East Central German) comes from Central Franconian Stroß, from Middle High German strāze, from Old High German strāza, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō — sterile, infertile.

Stroßeninstandhalting (East Central German): road maintenance; street maintenance

Definitions

  1. road maintenance; street maintenance

Ancestry of “Stroßeninstandhalting”, step by step

Stroßeninstandhalting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Central Franconian Stroß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central FranconianStroßstreet; road
2Middle High Germanstrāze
3Old High Germanstrāza
4Proto-West Germanicstrātustreet, paved road
5Latinstrātaa paved road
6Latinstrātus
7Latinsternōto spread, stretch out, spread out
8Proto-Italicstornō
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstr̥-n-h₃-
10Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
11Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via East Central German Instandhalting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central GermanInstandhalting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-