Where does “Vorfahrtsstraße” come from?

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

Vorfahrtsstraße (German): priority road

Definitions

  1. priority road

Ancestry of “Vorfahrtsstraße”, step by step

Vorfahrtsstraße 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 Vorfahrt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVorfahrtpriority, right of way
Every word from Middle High German strāȥe →Every word from German straße →
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