Where does “Gehsteig” come from?

Gehsteig (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.

Gehsteig (German): pavement British, sidewalk US

Definitions

  1. pavement British, sidewalk US

Ancestry of “Gehsteig”, step by step

Gehsteig 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 steig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansteigsingular imperative of steigen
2Middle High Germanstīc—
3Old High Germanstīg—
4Proto-Germanicstīgazpath
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gāną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gān →
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