Where does “Ahnung” come from?

Ahnung (German) comes from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Ahnung (German): anticipation, inkling; clue, idea, notion

Definitions

  1. anticipation, inkling; clue, idea, notion

Ancestry of “Ahnung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
2Middle High German-ung—
3Old High German-unga-ing
4Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “Ahnung”

Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from German -ung →Every word from Old High German -unga →