Where does “Kanalreinigung” come from?

Kanalreinigung (German) comes from German Kanal, from Italian canale, from Latin canālis, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

Kanalreinigung (German): sewer cleaning

Definitions

  1. sewer cleaning

Ancestry of “Kanalreinigung”, step by step

Kanalreinigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kanal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKanalcanal; something that resembles such a...
2Italiancanalechannel; canal; conduit
3Latincanālisa pipe, spout, channel, conduit
4LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
5Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
6Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
7Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

via German Reinigung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReinigungcleaning, cleansing, purification; dry cleaner
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."
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