Where does “Fahrradweg” come from?

Fahrradweg (German) comes from German Fahrrad, from German rad, from English rad, from English radiation, from Latin radiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Fahrradweg (German): cycleway; cycle track, cycle path; bicycle lane

Definitions

  1. cycleway; cycle track, cycle path; bicycle lane

Ancestry of “Fahrradweg”, step by step

Fahrradweg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fahrrad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFahrradbicycle
2Germanradwheel
3EnglishradClipping of radical; excellent; A non-SI unit of...
4EnglishradiationThe shooting forth of anything from a point or...
5Latinradiatioglittering, shining, radiation
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via German weg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwegaway; gone, not there; minus
2Germanenwec
3Old High Germanwegway
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-