Where does “Schwarzerdegebiet” come from?
Schwarzerdegebiet (German) comes from German Schwarzerde, from German Schwärz, from Middle High German swarz, from Old High German swarz, from Proto-West Germanic swart, from Proto-Germanic swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European swordo- — dirty, dark, black.
Schwarzerdegebiet (German): area where there is chernozem/black earth
Definitions
- area where there is chernozem/black earth
Ancestry of “Schwarzerdegebiet”, step by step