Where does “Betonsperre” come from?

Betonsperre (German) comes from German sperre, from German sperren, from Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperran, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną — to bar, to block.

Betonsperre (German): concrete barrier

Definitions

  1. concrete barrier

Ancestry of “Betonsperre”, step by step

Betonsperre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sperre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansperreinflection of sperren: ## first-person singular...
2Germansperrento bar; to space out the letters of a word or...
3Middle High Germansperren
4Old High Germansperranto put up rafters, beams; to barricade
5Proto-Germanic*sparrijan
6Proto-Germanic*sparrijanąto bar, to block

via German betōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbetōnconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥
Every word from Proto-Germanic *sparrijanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic *sparrijanEvery word from Old High German sperran