Where does “Straßenmusikant” come from?

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

Straßenmusikant (German): street musician

Definitions

  1. street musician

Ancestry of “Straßenmusikant”, step by step

Straßenmusikant 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 Musikant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMusikantmusician

Words derived from “Straßenmusikant”

Every word from Middle High German strāȥe →