Where does “Zahnradbahn” come from?
Zahnradbahn (German) comes from German Zahnrad, from German rad, from English rad, from English radiation, from Latin radiatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Zahnradbahn (German): rack railway, cog railway
Definitions
- rack railway, cog railway
Ancestry of “Zahnradbahn”, step by step
Zahnradbahn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zahnrad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zahnrad | gearwheel, cogwheel |
| 2 | German | rad | wheel |
| 3 | English | rad | Clipping of radical; excellent; A non-SI unit of... |
| 4 | English | radiation | The shooting forth of anything from a point or... |
| 5 | Latin | radiatio | glittering, shining, radiation |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German Bahn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bahn | route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ban | — |
| 3 | Old High German | bana | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |