Where does “Amoklauf” come from?

Amoklauf (German) comes from German Amok, from Malay amuk, from Javanese ꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀, from Javanese ꦮꦏ꧀, from Old Javanese [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]], from Sanskrit ऊह, from Sanskrit अहह.

Amoklauf (German): killing spree; gun rampage; mass shooting;...

Definitions

  1. killing spree; gun rampage; mass shooting;...

Ancestry of “Amoklauf”, step by step

Amoklauf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Amok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAmokamok
2Malayamukto run amok
3Javaneseꦲꦩꦸꦏ꧀amok
4Javaneseꦮꦏ꧀aunt
5Old Javanese[[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]]—
6Sanskritऊहremoving, derangement, transposition, change,...
7Sanskritअहह—

via German Lauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLaufa run; a leg of certain animals; barrel
2Middle High Germanlouf—
3Old High Germanhlouf—
4Proto-Germanichlaupąleap; course, race
5Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Sanskrit अहह →Every word from Sanskrit ऊह →Every word from Old Javanese [[uwa]], [[uha]], [[ūha]] →