Where does “Sprachbarriere” come from?

Sprachbarriere (German) comes from German Barriere, from French barrière, from Old French barriere, from Old French barre, from Vulgar Latin barra, from Frankish bara, from Proto-Germanic barō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.

Sprachbarriere (German): language barrier

Definitions

  1. language barrier

Ancestry of “Sprachbarriere”, step by step

Sprachbarriere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Barriere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBarrierebarrier
2Frenchbarrièrebarrier; fence
3Old Frenchbarriere—
4Old Frenchbarrebar
5Vulgar Latinbarrabarrier
6Frankishbarabar, beam, barrier, fence
7Proto-Germanicbarōbeam, bar, barrier
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerH-to pierce; to strike; brown

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic barō →Every word from Frankish bara →