Where does “Gratwanderung” come from?

Gratwanderung (German) comes from German Wanderung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Gratwanderung (German): ridgewalk, a tour along mountain ridges

Definitions

  1. ridgewalk, a tour along mountain ridges

Ancestry of “Gratwanderung”, step by step

Gratwanderung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wanderung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWanderungjourney; walk, hike; migration
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German grāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrātridge
2Middle High Germangrāt—
3Old High Germangrāt—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from German -ung →Every word from Old High German -unga →