Where does “feuerwehrmann” come from?

feuerwehrmann (German) comes from German Feuerwehr, from German Wehr, from Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic warīniz, from Proto-Germanic -īniz, from Proto-Germanic -niz, from Proto-Indo-European -nis.

feuerwehrmann (German): fireman, firefighter male or of unspecified gender

Definitions

  1. fireman, firefighter male or of unspecified gender

Ancestry of “feuerwehrmann”, step by step

feuerwehrmann traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Feuerwehr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeuerwehrfire brigade; fire department
2GermanWehrresistance; defence; also in the sense of...
3Middle High Germanwere—
4Old High Germanwerī—
5Proto-Germanicwarīnizwarding off, defense
6Proto-Germanic-īnizForms abstract nouns from weak class 1 verbs
7Proto-Germanic-nizForms abstract nouns from verbal roots and stems
8Proto-Indo-European-nis—

via German mann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmannman, male human being
2Middle High Germanmanman
3Old High Germanmanman
4Proto-Germanic*mann-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “feuerwehrmann”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nis →