Where does “Karpaltunnel” come from?

Karpaltunnel (German) comes from German Tunnel, from English Tunnel, from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

Karpaltunnel (German): carpal tunnel

Definitions

  1. carpal tunnel

Ancestry of “Karpaltunnel”, step by step

Karpaltunnel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tunnel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTunneltunnel
2EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
3Old Frenchtonelbarrel
4Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
5Late Latintunnatun, box
6Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin

via German karpal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankarpal—

Words derived from “Karpaltunnel”

Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →