Where does “Jugendwort” come from?

Jugendwort (German) comes from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

Jugendwort (German): slang word used by young people

Definitions

  1. slang word used by young people

Ancestry of “Jugendwort”, step by step

Jugendwort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wôrt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwôrtplural word as an isolated unit
2Middle High Germanwortword; verb
3Old High Germanwortword; verb
4Proto-West Germanicwordword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

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 werh₁- →
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