Where does “Jugendsprache” come from?

Jugendsprache (German) comes 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.

Jugendsprache (German): youth language

Definitions

  1. youth language

Ancestry of “Jugendsprache”, step by step

Jugendsprache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Jugend

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

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

Words derived from “Jugendsprache”

Every word from Proto-Germanic juwuniþō →Every word from Proto-Germanic jugunþiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi →