Where does “Mitfahrzentrale” come from?

Mitfahrzentrale (German) comes from German mitfahren, from German mit-, from German mit, from Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic midi, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂ — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Mitfahrzentrale (German): ridesharing center

Definitions

  1. ridesharing center

Ancestry of “Mitfahrzentrale”, step by step

Mitfahrzentrale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German mitfahren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmitfahrento drive with
2Germanmit-a prefix of nearly unlimited productivity,...
3Germanmitwith; with, by; at
4Middle High Germanmite
5Old High Germanmitwith
6Proto-West Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together; middle, mid
7Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
9Proto-Indo-Europeanin the middle of, near, by, around, with

via German Zentrale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZentralecentral office, headquarters
Every word from Proto-Indo-European