Where does β€œSchaufenster” come from?

Schaufenster (German) comes from German Fenster, from Middle High German venster, from Old High German fenstar, from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€.

Schaufenster (German): a shop window

Definitions

  1. a shop window

Ancestry of β€œSchaufenster”, step by step

Schaufenster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fenster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFensterwindow; time frame
2Middle High Germanvensterwindow
3Old High Germanfenstarwindow
4Proto-West Germanic*fenestrwindow
5Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
6Etruscan*πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€β€”

via German schauen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschauento look
2Middle Englishschewento show
3Old EnglishscΔ“awianto look, look at, exhibit, display; to look at,...
4Proto-GermanicskawwōnΔ…to look, see, watch
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe

Words derived from β€œSchaufenster”

Every word from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€ β†’Every word from Latin fenestra β†’Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr β†’