Where does “Zebrastreifen” come from?

Zebrastreifen (German) comes from German Zebra, from Portuguese zebra, from Old Portuguese zevro, from Old Portuguese ezevro — Alternative form of zevro.

Zebrastreifen (German): zebra crossing

Definitions

  1. zebra crossing

Ancestry of “Zebrastreifen”, step by step

Zebrastreifen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zebra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZebrazebra
2Portuguesezebrazebra
3Old Portuguesezevrostupid, uncouth; a now-extinct species of...
4Old PortugueseezevroAlternative form of zevro

via German streifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstreifento brush, to range; to swipe something
2Middle High Germanstreifen
3Old High Germanstreifen
4Proto-Germanicstraipijaną
Every word from Old Portuguese ezevroEvery word from Old Portuguese zevroEvery word from Portuguese zebra
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