Where does “Planierraupe” come from?

Planierraupe (German) comes from German planieren, from French planer, from French plain, from Old French plain, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

Planierraupe (German): bulldozer

Definitions

  1. bulldozer

Ancestry of “Planierraupe”, step by step

Planierraupe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German planieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplanierento level
2Frenchplanerto glide, to hover; to be entranced, to be...
3Frenchplainplane
4Old Frenchplainfull; plain; flat
5Latinplēnusfull; filled; complete
6Proto-Italicplēnosfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German Raupe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaupecaterpillar; Short for Planierraupe
2Middle High Germanrūpe—
3Middle Low Germanrūpe—
4Proto-Germanicrūpō—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Proto-Italic plēnos →
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