Where does “Frühjahrsfeldzug” come from?
Frühjahrsfeldzug (German) comes from German Frühjahr, from German jahr, from German -jährig, from German -ig, from Middle High German -ic, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
Frühjahrsfeldzug (German): spring campaign
Definitions
- spring campaign
Ancestry of “Frühjahrsfeldzug”, step by step
Frühjahrsfeldzug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Frühjahr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Frühjahr | spring |
| 2 | German | jahr | year solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle High German | -ic | — |
| 6 | Old High German | -ig | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via German Feldzug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Feldzug | campaign |
| 2 | German | feld | field plot of open land, especially one used to grow crops |
| 3 | Middle High German | vëlt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | feld | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |