Where does “Bundesheer” come from?

Bundesheer (German) comes from German Heer, from Middle High German hēr, from Old High German hēr, from Proto-Germanic *hair, from Proto-Germanic hairaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.

Bundesheer (German): the national army of Austria

Definitions

  1. the national army of Austria

Ancestry of “Bundesheer”, step by step

Bundesheer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Heer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHeerarmy
2Middle High Germanhēr—
3Old High Germanhērnoble, austere, venerable, aged; gray-haired,...
4Proto-Germanic*hair—
5Proto-Germanichairazgrey; aged; old; lofty; distinguished
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

via German bund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbundalliance, federation, league
2Middle High Germanbunt—
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hairaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hair →