Where does “gasspedal” come from?
gasspedal (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gass, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
gasspedal (Norwegian Bokmål): accelerator (accelerator pedal), gas pedal (US)
Definitions
- accelerator (accelerator pedal), gas pedal (US)
Ancestry of “gasspedal”, step by step
gasspedal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål gass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gass | gas; imperative of gasse |
| 2 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 5 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål pedal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pedal | a pedal |
| 2 | Latin | pedalis | foot; measuring one foot long |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |