Where does “Bremssattel” come from?

Bremssattel (German) comes from German Sattel, from Middle High German satel, from Old High German satal, from Proto-West Germanic sadul, from Proto-Germanic sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

Bremssattel (German): brake body, brake caliper

Definitions

  1. brake body, brake caliper

Ancestry of “Bremssattel”, step by step

Bremssattel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sattel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSattelsaddle
2Middle High Germansatel—
3Old High Germansatal—
4Proto-West Germanicsadulsaddle
5Proto-Germanicsadulazsaddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeansod-tlō-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via German brēmse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbrēmsebrake, device for causing deceleration
2Middle Low Germanbrēmse—
3Old Saxonbrimissa—
4Old Saxon*brummōn—
5Proto-West Germanic*brummōnto drone, hum, growl

Words derived from “Bremssattel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sod-tlō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sadulaz →