Where does “geländegängig” come from?

geländegängig (German) comes from German Gelände, from Middle High German gelende, from Old High German gilenti.

geländegängig (German): off-road, cross-country

Definitions

  1. off-road, cross-country

Ancestry of “geländegängig”, step by step

geländegängig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gelände

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeländearea, terrain
2Middle High Germangelende—
3Old High Germangilenti—

via German gängig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangängigcommon
Every word from Old High German gilenti →Every word from Middle High German gelende →Every word from German Gelände →