Where does “Kopfsteinstraße” come from?

Kopfsteinstraße (German) comes from German straße, from Middle High German strāȥe.

Kopfsteinstraße (German): cobblestone road a street or road paved with cobblestones

Definitions

  1. cobblestone road a street or road paved with cobblestones

Ancestry of “Kopfsteinstraße”, step by step

Kopfsteinstraße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German straße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstraßestreet; road a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement
2Middle High Germanstrāȥe—

via German Kopfstein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKopfstein—
Every word from Middle High German strāȥe →Every word from German straße →