Where does “Führerstand” come from?

Führerstand (German) comes from German Führer, from Middle High German füerer, from Old High German fôrari.

Führerstand (German): driver's cabin

Definitions

  1. driver's cabin

Ancestry of “Führerstand”, step by step

Führerstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Führer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFühreragent noun of führen
2Middle High Germanfüerer—
3Old High Germanfôrari—

via German stand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstandfirst/third-person singular preterite of stehen

Words derived from “Führerstand”

Every word from Old High German fôrari →Every word from Middle High German füerer →Every word from German Führer →