Where does “Fußgängerstraße” come from?

Fußgängerstraße (German) comes from German Fußgänger, from Middle High German vuozgenger.

Fußgängerstraße (German): pedestrianized street, pedestrian street

Definitions

  1. pedestrianized street, pedestrian street

Ancestry of “Fußgängerstraße”, step by step

Fußgängerstraße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fußgänger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFußgängerpedestrian, walker
2Middle High Germanvuozgenger—

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 Middle High German vuozgenger →Every word from German Fußgänger →