Where does “Rutschbahn” come from?

Rutschbahn (German) comes from German Bahn, from Middle High German ban, from Old High German bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-.

Rutschbahn (German): slide

Definitions

  1. slide

Ancestry of “Rutschbahn”, step by step

Rutschbahn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bahn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBahnroute, trail; rail transport; tram, train;...
2Middle High Germanban—
3Old High Germanbana—
4Proto-West Germanic*banu—
5Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
6Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

via German rutschen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrutschento slide
2Middle High Germanrützen—

Words derived from “Rutschbahn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →