Where does “Schnellstraße” come from?

Schnellstraße (German) comes from German schnell, from Middle High German snel, from Old High German snel, from Proto-West Germanic *snël, from Proto-Germanic snellaz, from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos.

Schnellstraße (German): expressway; highway

Definitions

  1. expressway; highway

Ancestry of “Schnellstraße”, step by step

Schnellstraße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schnell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnellquick, fast; quickly; again; quick
2Middle High Germansnel—
3Old High Germansnelnimble, brave, quick, lively; warlike, lively,...
4Proto-West Germanic*snël—
5Proto-Germanicsnellazactive, bold, quick
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnedʰlos—

via German straße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstraßestreet; road a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement
2Middle High Germanstrāȥe—

Words derived from “Schnellstraße”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos →