Where does “Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung” come from?

Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung (German) comes from German Geschwindigkeit, from German -igkeit, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.

Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung (German): speed limit

Definitions

  1. speed limit

Ancestry of “Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung”, step by step

Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Geschwindigkeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeschwindigkeitspeed, pace, tempo, velocity, rate
2German-igkeitforms nouns from adjectives
3German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
4German-jährigyears old; years lasting
5GermanJahryear
6Middle High Germanjāryear
7Old High Germanjāryear
8Proto-West Germanicjāryear
9Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via German Begrenzung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBegrenzungmargin, boundary, limit, border; demarcation;...
2Germanbegrenzento limit, to delimit, to restrict, to confine
3Germangrenzento border
4German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
5Middle High German-en
6Old High German-īn
7Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
8Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
9Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r-Every word from German -igEvery word from Proto-Germanic jērą