Where does “Brautjungfer” come from?
Brautjungfer (German) comes from German braut, from Middle High German brūt, from Old High German brūt, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic brūdiz — bride.
Brautjungfer (German): bridesmaid (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)
Definitions
- bridesmaid (woman who attends the bride at a wedding ceremony)
Ancestry of “Brautjungfer”, step by step
Brautjungfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German braut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | braut | inflection of brauen: ## third-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | brūt | concubine |
| 3 | Old High German | brūt | daughter-in-law, bride; bride |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *brūdi | bride |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brūdiz | bride |
via German Jungfer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jungfer | maid, maiden; virgin; unmarried woman; maid,... |
| 2 | German | Jungfrau | virgin; maiden; Virgo |
| 3 | German | juncvrouwe | — |