Where does “Bremsschwelle” come from?

Bremsschwelle (German) comes from German bremsen, from German brēmse, from Middle Low German brēmse, from Old Saxon brimissa, from Old Saxon *brummōn, from Proto-West Germanic *brummōn — to drone, hum, growl.

Bremsschwelle (German): speed bump

Definitions

  1. speed bump

Ancestry of “Bremsschwelle”, step by step

Bremsschwelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bremsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbremsento brake, slow down, decelerate
2Germanbrēmsebrake, device for causing deceleration
3Middle Low Germanbrēmse—
4Old Saxonbrimissa—
5Old Saxon*brummōn—
6Proto-West Germanic*brummōnto drone, hum, growl

via German Schwelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwellethreshold; railroad tie, railway sleeper
2Middle High Germanswelle—
3Old High Germanswelli—
4Proto-Germanicsulībalk, bar, threshold, sill
5Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *brummōn →Every word from Old Saxon *brummōn →Every word from Old Saxon brimissa →