Where does “Bauhaus” come from?
Bauhaus derives from German Bau, a noun meaning "building," combined with German Haus, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew-, meaning "to cover."
Ancestry of “Bauhaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Bauhaus | house of architecture |
| 2 | German | bauen | to build; to construct; to roll a joint; to rely |
| 3 | Middle High German | būwen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | būan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *būan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |
Words derived from “Bauhaus”