Where does “Nether highway” come from?
Nether highway (English) comes from English highway, from Middle English heiȝwai, from Old English hēahweġ, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos — to be lying down; to settle.
Nether highway (English): A player-built, fast-travel network of tunnels in the Nether using ice roads and minecarts or boats for rapid transit between Overworld locations, leveraging the Nether's 8:1 travel ratio for speedy cross-map journeys
Definitions
- A player-built, fast-travel network of tunnels in the Nether using ice roads and minecarts or boats for rapid transit between Overworld locations, leveraging the Nether's 8:1 travel ratio for speedy cross-map journeys
Ancestry of “Nether highway”, step by step
Nether highway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English highway
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | highway | A main, direct public road, especially a... |
| 2 | Middle English | heiȝwai | — |
| 3 | Old English | hēahweġ | main road, highway |
| 4 | Old English | hēah | high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,... |
| 5 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via English nether
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nether | Lower; under; Lying beneath, or conceived as... |
| 2 | English | nither | Alternative form of nether |
| 3 | Middle English | nitheren | — |
| 4 | Old English | niþerian | to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress,... |
| 5 | Old English | niþer | down; downstairs |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | niþer | down, downwards |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | niter | — |