Where does “Aasjäger” come from?
Aasjäger (German) comes from German aas, from Middle High German ās, from Middle High German ëzzen, from Old High German ëȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic etan, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
Aasjäger (German): pothunter male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- pothunter male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Aasjäger”, step by step
Aasjäger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German aas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | aas | singular imperative of aasen; first-person... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ās | flesh or meat, flesh or meat from a corpse, carrion |
| 3 | Middle High German | ëzzen | to eat |
| 4 | Old High German | ëȥȥan | to eat |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | etan | to eat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | etaną | to eat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁édti | to eat |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via German Jäger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jäger | hunter; fighter; light infantry |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |