Where does “Fahrzeuglenker” come from?

Fahrzeuglenker (German) comes from German Fahrzeug, from German fahren, from Middle High German varn, from Old High German faran, from Proto-Germanic faran, from Proto-Germanic faraną, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.

Fahrzeuglenker (German): driver, motorist

Definitions

  1. driver, motorist

Ancestry of “Fahrzeuglenker”, step by step

Fahrzeuglenker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fahrzeug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFahrzeugvehicle; motor vehicle, car
2Germanfahrento locomote forth in an accelerated speed; to go;...
3Middle High Germanvarnto fare, to go
4Old High Germanfaranto proceed
5Proto-Germanicfaran
6Proto-Germanicfaranąto go, to travel
7Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Lenker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLenkerhandlebar
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Germanic faraną