Where does “Schlagbaum” come from?

Schlagbaum (German) comes from German schlagen, from Middle High German slahen, from Old High German slahan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Schlagbaum (German): barrier

Definitions

  1. barrier

Ancestry of “Schlagbaum”, step by step

Schlagbaum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schlagen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschlagento beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch;...
2Middle High Germanslahento strike
3Old High Germanslahanto hit
4Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via German baum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbaumtree
2Middle High Germanboumtree
3Old High Germanboumtree, beam
4Proto-West Germanicbaumtree; beam
5Proto-GermanicbaumazAlternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “Schlagbaum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-