Where does “Betonwüste” come from?

Betonwüste (German) comes from German Wüste, from Middle High German wüeste, from Old High German wuostī, from Proto-West Germanic wōstī, from Proto-Germanic wōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-s-to-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.

Betonwüste (German): concrete desert

Definitions

  1. concrete desert

Ancestry of “Betonwüste”, step by step

Betonwüste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wüste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWüstedesert; wilderness, waste, wasteland
2Middle High Germanwüeste—
3Old High Germanwuostī—
4Proto-West Germanicwōstīuninhabited, desolate, waste
5Proto-Germanicwōstaz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-s-to-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

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-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-s-to-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic wōstaz →