Where does “Straßenkehrer” come from?

Straßenkehrer (German) comes from German Kehrer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Straßenkehrer (German): street sweeper, roadsweeper

Definitions

  1. street sweeper, roadsweeper

Ancestry of “Straßenkehrer”, step by step

Straßenkehrer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kehrer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKehrer
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

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
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios