Where does “Sattelschlepper” come from?

Sattelschlepper (German) comes from German Schlepper, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Sattelschlepper (German): rig, juggernaut, semi-trailer truck/lorry, tractor unit

Definitions

  1. rig, juggernaut, semi-trailer truck/lorry, tractor unit

Ancestry of “Sattelschlepper”, step by step

Sattelschlepper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schlepper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlepperagent noun of schleppen
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Sattel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSattelsaddle
2Middle High Germansatel
3Old High Germansatal
4Proto-West Germanicsadulsaddle
5Proto-Germanicsadulazsaddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeansod-tlō-
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios
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