Where does “Kontinentalsperre” come from?
Kontinentalsperre (German) comes from German sperre, from German sperren, from Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperran, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijan, from Proto-Germanic *sparrijaną — to bar, to block.
Kontinentalsperre (German): Continental Blockade
Definitions
- Continental Blockade
Ancestry of “Kontinentalsperre”, step by step
Kontinentalsperre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German sperre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sperre | inflection of sperren: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | sperren | to bar; to space out the letters of a word or... |
| 3 | Middle High German | sperren | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sperran | to put up rafters, beams; to barricade |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *sparrijaną | to bar, to block |
via German kontinental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kontinental | continental; continentally |