Where does “Feuerwehrhaus” come from?

Feuerwehrhaus (German) comes from German Feuerwehr, from German Wehr, from Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic warīniz, from Proto-Germanic -īniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

Feuerwehrhaus (German): fire station

Definitions

  1. fire station

Ancestry of “Feuerwehrhaus”, step by step

Feuerwehrhaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Feuerwehr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeuerwehrfire brigade; fire department
2GermanWehrresistance; defence; also in the sense of...
3Middle High Germanwere—
4Old High Germanwerī—
5Proto-Germanicwarīnizwarding off, defense
6Proto-Germanic-īnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs
7Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nis—

via German haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaussingular imperative of hausen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanhūshouse
3Old High Germanhūshouse
4Proto-West Germanichūshouse
5Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nis →