Where does “Rotlichtsünder” come from?
Rotlichtsünder (German) comes from German Rotlicht, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.
Rotlichtsünder (German): Person that goes through a red traffic light
Definitions
- Person that goes through a red traffic light
Ancestry of “Rotlichtsünder”, step by step
Rotlichtsünder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Rotlicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rotlicht | red light |
| 2 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 3 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 4 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |