Where does “Autounfall” come from?

Autounfall (German) comes from German Auto, from German automobil, from Spanish automóvil, from Russian автомоби́ль, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

Autounfall (German): car accident, car crash

Definitions

  1. car accident, car crash

Ancestry of “Autounfall”, step by step

Autounfall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Auto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAutocar
2Germanautomobilautomobile
3Spanishautomóvilautomobile
4Russianавтомоби́льcar, automobile, motorcar
5Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
6Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
7Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
8Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via German Unfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnfallaccident
2Middle High Germanunval
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewEvery word from Ancient Greek αὐτός