Where does “Rohrbach” come from?

Rohrbach (German) comes from German bach, from Middle High German werke, from Old High German werc, from Proto-West Germanic werk, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

Rohrbach (German): Any of a large number of tributaries across Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Eastern France and South Tyrol

Definitions

  1. Any of a large number of tributaries across Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Eastern France and South Tyrol

Ancestry of “Rohrbach”, step by step

Rohrbach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbach—
2Middle High Germanwerke—
3Old High Germanwercwork
4Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
5Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via German Rohr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRohrduct, pipe, tube; blowpipe; cane
2Middle High Germanrōr—
3Old High Germanrōrpipe
4Proto-Germanicrauząpipe, reed, shaft, tube; reed, rush
5Proto-Indo-Europeaner-eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,...

Words derived from “Rohrbach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- →
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