Where does “schnurstracks” come from?

schnurstracks (German) comes from German Schnur, from Yiddish שנור, from Middle High German snur, from Old High German snur, from Proto-Germanic snuzō, from Proto-Indo-European snusós — daughter-in-law.

schnurstracks (German): straightway, straight, directly going somewhere immediately and by the shortest way possible

Definitions

  1. straightway, straight, directly going somewhere immediately and by the shortest way possible

Ancestry of “schnurstracks”, step by step

schnurstracks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schnur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchnurcord, string; cable; daughter-in-law
2Yiddishשנורdaughter-in-law; rope, chain, line, thread, cord
3Middle High Germansnur—
4Old High Germansnur—
5Proto-Germanicsnuzōdaughter-in-law
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnusósdaughter-in-law

via German stracks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstracksdirectly, immediately, straightway
2Middle Low Germanstrackesstretched, right away
3Middle High Germanstractight; straight
4Old High Germanstrac—
5Proto-GermanicstrakkazAlternative form of *strakaz; straight, tight,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstreg-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snusós →