Where does “Neubauwohnung” come from?
Neubauwohnung (German) comes from German Neubau, from German neu, from Middle High German niuwe, from Old High German niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.
Neubauwohnung (German): newly built apartment
Definitions
- newly built apartment
Ancestry of “Neubauwohnung”, step by step
Neubauwohnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Neubau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Neubau | new building |
| 2 | German | neu | new; modern, recent, latest |
| 3 | Middle High German | niuwe | new |
| 4 | Old High German | niuwi | new; newness |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | niwi | new |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |