Where does “Jugendlicher” come from?

Jugendlicher (German) comes from German jugendlich, from German Jugend, from Middle High German jugent, from Old High German jugund, from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi, from Proto-Germanic jugunþiz, from Proto-Germanic juwuniþō.

Jugendlicher (German): youth, teenager, adolescent

Definitions

  1. youth, teenager, adolescent

Ancestry of “Jugendlicher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanjugendlichyouthful
2GermanJugendyouth
3Middle High Germanjugent—
4Old High Germanjugundyouth
5Proto-West Germanic*jugunþiyouth
6Proto-GermanicjugunþizThe state of being young; youth
7Proto-Germanicjuwuniþō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic juwuniþō →Every word from Proto-Germanic jugunþiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi →
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