Where does “Umgehungsstraße” come from?

Umgehungsstraße (German) comes from German Umgehung, from German umgehen, from German gehen, from Middle High German gān, from Old High German gān, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

Umgehungsstraße (German): bypass

Definitions

  1. bypass

Ancestry of “Umgehungsstraße”, step by step

Umgehungsstraße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Umgehung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUmgehungevasion, bypassing
2Germanumgehento avoid, bypass, to go around; to avoid; to...
3Germangehento go, to walk; to leave; to leave, to take off
4Middle High Germangānto go
5Old High Germangānto go
6Proto-West Germanicgānto go
7Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

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—
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