Where does “zugunruhe” come from?
zugunruhe (English) comes from German Zugunruhe, from German Unruhe, from German un-, from Middle High German un-, from Old High German un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥- — not.
zugunruhe (English): Anxious behaviour in migratory animals,...
Definitions
- Anxious behaviour in migratory animals,...
Ancestry of “zugunruhe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zugunruhe | zugunruhe anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the migration period |
| 2 | German | Unruhe | turbulence, perturbation, moving more than... |
| 3 | German | un- | un-; grave; bad; horrifying |
| 4 | Middle High German | un- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | un- | un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |