Where does “Unfallwagen” come from?

Unfallwagen (German) comes from German wägen, from Middle High German wāgen, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

Unfallwagen (German): a car that has been affected by an accident

Definitions

  1. a car that has been affected by an accident

Ancestry of “Unfallwagen”, step by step

Unfallwagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wägen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwägento weigh something
2Middle High Germanwāgen—
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via German Unfall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnfallaccident
2Middle High Germanunval—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →