Where does “Wegzehrung” come from?

Wegzehrung (German) comes from German weg, from German enwec, from Old High German weg, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

Wegzehrung (German): provisions for the road

Definitions

  1. provisions for the road

Ancestry of “Wegzehrung”, step by step

Wegzehrung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German weg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwegaway; gone, not there; minus
2Germanenwec—
3Old High Germanwegway
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via German Zehrung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZehrungProvisions, especially for the road; loss through...
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weg →