Where does “Reihenhaussiedlung” come from?

Reihenhaussiedlung (German) comes from German Reihenhaus, 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.

Reihenhaussiedlung (German): estate of terraced houses

Definitions

  1. estate of terraced houses

Ancestry of “Reihenhaussiedlung”, step by step

Reihenhaussiedlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Reihenhaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReihenhausterraced house, townhouse, row house type of house which shares both sidewalls with the adjacent houses
2Germanhaussingular imperative of hausen; first-person...
3Middle High Germanhūshouse
4Old High Germanhūshouse
5Proto-West Germanichūshouse
6Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via German Siedlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSiedlungsettlement; Short for Wohnsiedlung
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūs →