Where does “Karosseriebauunternehmen” come from?

Karosseriebauunternehmen (German) comes from German unternehmen, from German unter-, from German Unter, from Middle High German under, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

Karosseriebauunternehmen (German): coachbuilder a company which builds bodies for vehicles

Definitions

  1. coachbuilder a company which builds bodies for vehicles

Ancestry of “Karosseriebauunternehmen”, step by step

Karosseriebauunternehmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German unternehmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunternehmento undertake
2Germanunter-sub-, under-
3GermanUnterjack, knave
4Middle High Germanunder—
5Old High Germanuntarunder
6Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via German Karosseriebau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKarosseriebau—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Proto-Germanic under →