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Where does “-verdächtig” come from?

-verdächtig (German) comes from German verdächtig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą — year.

-verdächtig (German): Used to form adjectives from nouns, the...

Definitions

  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the...

Ancestry of “-verdächtig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverdächtigsuspicious, suspect
2German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
3German-jährigyears old; years lasting
4GermanJahryear
5Middle High Germanjāryear
6Old High Germanjāryear
7Proto-West Germanicjāryear
8Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

Words derived from “-verdächtig”

  • abseitsverdächtig
  • preisverdächtig
  • rekordverdächtig
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