Where does “Achtzigerjahre” come from?

Achtzigerjahre (German) comes from German achtzig, from Middle High German ahzec, from Old High German ahtozug, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą — eighty.

Achtzigerjahre (German): The eighties

Definitions

  1. The eighties

Ancestry of “Achtzigerjahre”, step by step

Achtzigerjahre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German achtzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanachtzigeighty
2Middle High Germanahzec—
3Old High Germanahtozug—
4Proto-Germanicahtōutēhundąeighty

via German Jahre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJahreplural of Jahr "years"
Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą →Every word from Old High German ahtozug →Every word from Middle High German ahzec →