Where does “Gartenzaun” come from?
Gartenzaun (German) comes from German Zaun, from Middle High German zūn, from Old High German zūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
Gartenzaun (German): garden fence
Definitions
- garden fence
Ancestry of “Gartenzaun”, step by step
Gartenzaun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zaun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zaun | fence |
| 2 | Middle High German | zūn | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zūn | fence |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 6 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via German garten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | garten | inflection of garen: ## first/third-person plural... |
| 2 | German | Stadt | city; town; city center |
| 3 | Middle High German | stat | bank, shore |
| 4 | Old High German | stat | A city; a town; A site; a place; a spot |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |