Where does “Jugendalter” come from?

Jugendalter (German) comes from German alter, from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

Jugendalter (German): youth, adolescence

Definitions

  1. youth, adolescence

Ancestry of “Jugendalter”, step by step

Jugendalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German alter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanalterage, old age
2GermanAltalto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland...
3Middle High Germanalt—
4Old High Germanaltold
5Proto-West Germanicaldold
6Proto-Germanicaldazold, grown up
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via German Jugend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJugendyouth
2Middle High Germanjugent—
3Old High Germanjugundyouth
4Proto-West Germanic*jugunþiyouth
5Proto-GermanicjugunþizThe state of being young; youth
6Proto-Germanicjuwuniþō—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →