Where does “Querschnitt” come from?

Querschnitt (German) comes from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.

Querschnitt (German): profile; cross section

Definitions

  1. profile; cross section

Ancestry of “Querschnitt”, step by step

Querschnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
2Middle High Germansnit
3Old High Germansnit
4Proto-West Germanic*snid
5Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece

via German quer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanquercrosswise, cross; crosswise, across

Words derived from “Querschnitt

Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz