Where does “bahnhofsnah” come from?
bahnhofsnah (German) comes from German Bahnhof, from German Bahn, from Middle High German ban, from Old High German bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-.
bahnhofsnah (German): near a railway station
Definitions
- near a railway station
Ancestry of “bahnhofsnah”, step by step
bahnhofsnah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bahnhof
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bahnhof | train station |
| 2 | German | Bahn | route, trail; rail transport; tram, train;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | ban | — |
| 4 | Old High German | bana | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via German nāh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | nāh | near in space or time or in an abstract sense, close, nearby |
| 2 | Middle High German | nāh | — |
| 3 | Old High German | nāh | near, close; close, near |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwiz | closer, nearer |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nēhw | near, close |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwaz | near, close |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂nḗḱwos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂neḱ- | to reach, to attain |