Where does “Schotterstraße” come from?

Schotterstraße (German) comes from German straße, from Middle High German strāȥe.

Schotterstraße (German): gravel road a road surfaced with gravel

Definitions

  1. gravel road a road surfaced with gravel

Ancestry of “Schotterstraße”, step by step

Schotterstraße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via German Schotter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchottergravel
Every word from Middle High German strāȥe →Every word from German straße →