Where does “Bahnlinie” come from?
Bahnlinie (German) comes from German Bahn, 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-.
Bahnlinie (German): railroad line, railway line
Definitions
- railroad line, railway line
Ancestry of “Bahnlinie”, step by step
Bahnlinie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bahn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bahn | route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ban | — |
| 3 | Old High German | bana | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via German linie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | linie | line |
| 2 | Polish | linia | line |
| 3 | Polish | -uszek | forms masculine diminutives |
| 4 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 5 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 7 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |