Where does “Zwangsräumung” come from?

Zwangsräumung (German) comes from German Räumung, from German räumen, from Old High German rūmen, from Proto-West Germanic rūmijan, from Proto-Germanic rūmijaną, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Zwangsräumung (German): forced eviction

Definitions

  1. forced eviction

Ancestry of “Zwangsräumung”, step by step

Zwangsräumung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Räumung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRäumungclearance the act of clearing
2Germanräumento clear
3Old High Germanrūmen—
4Proto-West Germanicrūmijanto make room, to clear out
5Proto-Germanicrūmijanąto make room, to clear
6Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
7Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via German Zwang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwangcompulsion, obligation
2Middle High Germantwanc—
3Old High Germangeduang—
4Proto-West Germanicþwangibelt, strap, thong
5Proto-Germanicþwangizbelt, strap, thong; clamp
6Proto-Indo-Europeantwenk-to press, squeeze; to squeeze, press, pressure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →