Where does “wegschleifen” come from?

wegschleifen (German) comes from German weg, from German enwec, from Old High German weg, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

wegschleifen (German): to drag away, to pull away

Definitions

  1. to drag away, to pull away

Ancestry of “wegschleifen”, step by step

wegschleifen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German weg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwegaway; gone, not there; minus
2Germanenwec—
3Old High Germanwegway
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via German schleifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschleifento grind, to whet, to move across a surface...
2Middle High Germansleifen—
3Old High Germansleifento drag
4Proto-West Germanicslaipijanto pull along, to drag

Words derived from “wegschleifen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →