Where does “Flügeladjutant” come from?

Flügeladjutant (German) comes from German Adjutant, from Spanish ayudante, from Spanish -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön — sound, voice.

Flügeladjutant (German): aide-de-camp

Definitions

  1. aide-de-camp

Ancestry of “Flügeladjutant”, step by step

Flügeladjutant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Adjutant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAdjutantadjutant
2Spanishayudanteauxiliary; helper, assistant
3Spanish-anteForms adjectives from verbs
4Latin-ānsEnding of the present active participle of first conjugation verbs; see -ns
5Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
6Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
7Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
8Hungarianönyou
9Hungarianön-self-
10Turkishönfront
11Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
12Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via German Flügel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlügelwing; grand piano
2Middle High Germanvlügel—
3Old Dutchflugil—
4Proto-Germanicflugilazwing
5Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖn →Every word from Spanish -ante →Every word from Hungarian ön- →