Where does “Fallschirmjäger” come from?
Fallschirmjäger (German) comes from German Fallschirm, from German fäll, from Middle High German val, from Old High German val, from Proto-West Germanic fall, from Proto-Germanic fallaz, from German Falz, from Latin falx — a cutting tool; to stick; needle, pin.
Fallschirmjäger (German): paratrooper
Definitions
- paratrooper
Ancestry of “Fallschirmjäger”, step by step
Fallschirmjäger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fallschirm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fallschirm | parachute |
| 2 | German | fäll | singular imperative of fällen; first-person... |
| 3 | Middle High German | val | fall; case |
| 4 | Old High German | val | fall |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fall | a fall; death, destruction, downfall |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallaz | a fall; death, destruction, downfall |
| 7 | German | Falz | fold; rabbet, rebate; seam |
| 8 | Latin | falx | sickle, scythe; a hook used to pull down walls |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰelg- | a cutting tool; to stick; needle, pin |
via German Jäger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jäger | hunter; fighter; light infantry |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |