Where does “flangeway” come from?

flangeway (English) comes from English Way, from Middle English way, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

flangeway (English): An early type of railway that used flanged rails...

Definitions

  1. An early type of railway that used flanged rails...

Ancestry of “flangeway”, step by step

flangeway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Way

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWayChristianity
2Middle Englishway—
3Old Englishweġway; path; way, road, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via English flange

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflangeAn external or internal rib or rim, used either...
2EnglishflanchA flange; A bearing consisting of a circle...
3Old Frenchflancheflank, side
4Frankish*hlanku—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weg →
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