Where does “Einfallstraße” come from?

Einfallstraße (German) comes from German Einfall, from German einfallen, from Dutch invallen, from Dutch vallen, from Middle Dutch vallen, from Old Dutch fallan, from Proto-West Germanic fallan, from Proto-Germanic fallaną — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.

Einfallstraße (German): access road, radial road, arterial road

Definitions

  1. access road, radial road, arterial road

Ancestry of “Einfallstraße”, step by step

Einfallstraße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Einfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinfallidea; invasion, inroad
2Germaneinfallento occur (to someone), to come (to someone); to come to mind idiomatically translated by
3Dutchinvallento fall into; to begin abruptly, to suddenly...
4Dutchvallento fall, to tumble; to fall, to begin; to be able...
5Middle Dutchvallento fall; to drop; to let oneself fall, to throw...
6Old Dutchfallanto fall; to descend
7Proto-West Germanicfallanto fall
8Proto-Germanicfallanąto fall
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-
10Slovincianpólhalf
11Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
12Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate

via German straße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstraßestreet; road a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement
2Middle High Germanstrāȥe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pelH-