Where does “Rangierbahnhof” come from?
Rangierbahnhof (German) comes from German rangieren, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Rangierbahnhof (German): marshalling yard
Definitions
- marshalling yard
Ancestry of “Rangierbahnhof”, step by step
Rangierbahnhof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German rangieren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rangieren | to shunt |
| 2 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Bahnhof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bahnhof | train station |
| 2 | German | Bahn | route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | ban | — |
| 4 | Old High German | bana | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |