Where does “Parkhaus” come from?

Parkhaus (German) comes from German haus, from Middle High German hūs, from Old High German hūs, from Proto-West Germanic hūs, from Proto-Germanic hūsą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

Parkhaus (German): parking garage, multistorey car park

Definitions

  1. parking garage, multistorey car park

Ancestry of “Parkhaus”, step by step

Parkhaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaussingular imperative of hausen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanhūshouse
3Old High Germanhūshouse
4Proto-West Germanichūshouse
5Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via German parken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanparkento park
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-