English
VDA
VDA comes from German Verband ‘German Association of the Automotive Industry’, from verbinden ‘to join, to combine, to connect, to interlink’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*frabindanreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050firbintan
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350verbinden
- Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘to join, to combine, to connect, to interlink’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentVerbandas VDA‘German Association of the Automotive Industry’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021VDA
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*frabindanreconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050firbintan
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350verbinden
- Germanc. 1650–presentsame form‘to join, to combine, to connect, to interlink’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentVerbandas VDA‘German Association of the Automotive Industry’
- Englishearliest quotation 2021VDA
Earliest quotation: 2021, The Road Ahead, Brisbane: “There's enough space for five passengers and 461 litres…”
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *frabindan
Today it means
name A standard for measuring the capacity of a car's boot or trunk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.