Where does “Wehraboo” come from?
Wehraboo (English) comes from Yola aboo, from Middle English aboven, from Old English ābufan, from Old English bufan, from Proto-West Germanic *biobanā, from Proto-West Germanic *obanā, from Proto-Germanic ubanē, from Proto-Germanic upp.
Wehraboo (English): A person who is obsessed with or romanticises the Wehrmacht or Nazi Germany, sometimes to the point of denying their war crimes or role in the Holocaust
Definitions
- A person who is obsessed with or romanticises the Wehrmacht or Nazi Germany, sometimes to the point of denying their war crimes or role in the Holocaust
Ancestry of “Wehraboo”, step by step
Wehraboo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yola aboo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yola | aboo | above |
| 2 | Middle English | aboven | above |
| 3 | Old English | ābufan | above |
| 4 | Old English | bufan | above |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *biobanā | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *obanā | from above |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ubanē | from above |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | upp | up, upwards |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ub | under |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via English Wehrmacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wehrmacht | The German armed forces from 1935 to 1945 |
| 2 | German | Wehrmacht | armed forces; Wehrmacht |
| 3 | German | macht | third-person singular present of machen;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | maht | — |
| 5 | Old High German | maht | might |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | mahti | might, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mahtiz | power, ability; strength, force |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | mahtuz | might, power |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |