Where does “Jagd-U-Boot” come from?
Jagd-U-Boot (German) comes from German U-Boot, from German Unterseeboot, from German boot, from Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz — bee.
Jagd-U-Boot (German): attack submarine
Definitions
- attack submarine
Ancestry of “Jagd-U-Boot”, step by step
Jagd-U-Boot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German U-Boot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | U-Boot | a U-boat or submarine |
| 2 | German | Unterseeboot | submarine |
| 3 | German | boot | boat |
| 4 | Middle Low German | bōt | — |
| 5 | Middle English | bot | A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for... |
| 6 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via German Jagd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jagd | hunt, hunting |
| 2 | Middle High German | jagit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | jagōd | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |