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Where does “Eroberungszug” come from?

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

Eroberungszug (German): conquest, invasion

Definitions

  1. conquest, invasion

Ancestry of “Eroberungszug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEroberungconquest; capture
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
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