Where does “Verzögerungsstreifen” come from?
Verzögerungsstreifen (German) comes from German Verzögerung, from German verzögern, from German zögern, from German zogen, from Middle High German zogen, from Old High German zogōn, from Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān — two-ways, in twain; twice, in two.
Verzögerungsstreifen (German): deceleration lane (a lane on a highway for slowing down before exiting the highway)
Definitions
- deceleration lane (a lane on a highway for slowing down before exiting the highway)
Ancestry of “Verzögerungsstreifen”, step by step
Verzögerungsstreifen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verzögerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verzögerung | delay |
| 2 | German | verzögern | to delay; to protract; to be delayed |
| 3 | German | zögern | to hesitate |
| 4 | German | zogen | first/third-person plural preterite of ziehen |
| 5 | Middle High German | zogen | be on one's way; walk, march; hurry, run |
| 6 | Old High German | zogōn | — |
| 7 | Middle English | togon | — |
| 8 | Old English | tōgān | to go apart |
| 9 | Old English | tō- | apart; to |
| 10 | Old English | te- | Alternative form of tō-; apart, asunder; apart,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | twiz- | in two, in twain; asunder, in pieces; apart,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwis- | two-ways, in twain; twice, in two |
via German streifen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | streifen | to brush, to range; to swipe something |
| 2 | Middle High German | streifen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | streifen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | straipijaną | — |