Where does “Straßenkreuzung” come from?

Straßenkreuzung (German) comes from German Kreuzung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Straßenkreuzung (German): crossroads, intersection, road junction

Definitions

  1. crossroads, intersection, road junction

Ancestry of “Straßenkreuzung”, step by step

Straßenkreuzung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kreuzung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKreuzungcrossing, intersection; crossbreeding; crossbreed
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

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-Germanic -ungōEvery word from German -ungEvery word from Old High German -unga
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