Where does “Gebrauchtwagen” come from?

Gebrauchtwagen (German) comes from German wägen, from Middle High German wāgen, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

Gebrauchtwagen (German): used car, second-hand vehicle

Definitions

  1. used car, second-hand vehicle

Ancestry of “Gebrauchtwagen”, step by step

Gebrauchtwagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wägen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwägento weigh something
2Middle High Germanwāgen—
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via German gebrauchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangebrauchento use
2Old High Germangibrūhhan—

Words derived from “Gebrauchtwagen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāg →