Where does “Bauanleitung” come from?

Bauanleitung (German) comes from German Anleitung, from German anleiten, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

Bauanleitung (German): construction manual

Definitions

  1. construction manual

Ancestry of “Bauanleitung”, step by step

Bauanleitung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anleitung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnleitungguidance; manual; tutorial
2Germananleitento guide or to train; to incite
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German Bau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBaubuilding, construction; building site,...
2Middle High Germanbuilding
3Old High German
4Proto-Germanicbūąbuilding, dwelling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-