Where does “Junggrammatiker” come from?
Junggrammatiker (German) comes from German jung, from German Junge, from Middle High German jung, from Old High German jung, from Proto-West Germanic jung, from Proto-Germanic jungaz, from Proto-Germanic juwungaz, from Proto-Indo-European yuwn̥kós — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
Junggrammatiker (German): Neogrammarian
Definitions
- Neogrammarian
Ancestry of “Junggrammatiker”, step by step
Junggrammatiker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German jung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | jung | young |
| 2 | German | Junge | boy; jack; inflection of Junges: ## strong... |
| 3 | Middle High German | jung | young |
| 4 | Old High German | jung | young |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jung | young |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jungaz | young |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | juwungaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yuwn̥kós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂yuh₁en- | young |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via German Grammatiker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Grammatiker | grammarian |
| 2 | German | Grammatik | grammar |
| 3 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |