Where does “Sattelzugmaschine” come from?

Sattelzugmaschine (German) comes from German Sattel, from Middle High German satel, from Old High German satal, from Proto-West Germanic sadul, from Proto-Germanic sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

Sattelzugmaschine (German): tractor, tractor unit, ten-wheeler

Definitions

  1. tractor, tractor unit, ten-wheeler

Ancestry of “Sattelzugmaschine”, step by step

Sattelzugmaschine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German Zugmaschine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZugmaschine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sod-tlō-Every word from Proto-Germanic sadulaz
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