Where does “Lautsprecherwagen” come from?

Lautsprecherwagen (German) comes from German Lautsprecher, from English loudspeaker, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

Lautsprecherwagen (German): sound truck

Definitions

  1. sound truck

Ancestry of “Lautsprecherwagen”, step by step

Lautsprecherwagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Lautsprecher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLautsprecherloudspeaker; loudhailer
2EnglishloudspeakerAn electromechanical transducer that converts an...
3EnglishspeakerOne who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via German wägen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwägento weigh something
2Middle High Germanwāgen
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂
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