Where does “Altbayern” come from?
Altbayern (German) comes from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.
Altbayern (German): the traditional core areas of Bavaria, specifically those where dialects of Bavarian have been spoken, roughly equivalent to the modern Regierungsbezirke of Oberbayern, Niederbayern and Oberpfalz
Definitions
- the traditional core areas of Bavaria, specifically those where dialects of Bavarian have been spoken, roughly equivalent to the modern Regierungsbezirke of Oberbayern, Niederbayern and Oberpfalz
Ancestry of “Altbayern”, step by step
Altbayern traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.