Where does “Bahn” come from?

Bahn (German) comes from Middle High German ban, from Old High German bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

Bahn (German): route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;...

Definitions

  1. route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;...

Ancestry of “Bahn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanban—
2Old High Germanbana—
3Proto-West Germanic*banu—
4Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
5Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

Words derived from “Bahn”

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