Where does “Gehminute” come from?

Gehminute (German) comes from German gehen, from Middle High German gān, from Old High German gān, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

Gehminute (German): a minute by foot; the distance a person walks in a minute

Definitions

  1. a minute by foot; the distance a person walks in a minute

Ancestry of “Gehminute”, step by step

Gehminute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gehen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangehento go, to walk; to leave; to leave, to take off
2Middle High Germangānto go
3Old High Germangānto go
4Proto-West Germanicgānto go
5Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

via German minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanminuteminute unit of time; unit of angle
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →