Where does “Betonsturz” come from?

Betonsturz (German) comes from German betōn, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

Betonsturz (German): concrete lintel

Definitions

  1. concrete lintel

Ancestry of “Betonsturz”, step by step

Betonsturz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German betōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbetōnconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via German sturz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansturzfall
2Old High Germansturz—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →