Where does “Jungunternehmen” come from?

Jungunternehmen (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.

Jungunternehmen (German): young company; startup a company that has been recently founded and is still in its early stages of development

Definitions

  1. young company; startup a company that has been recently founded and is still in its early stages of development

Ancestry of “Jungunternehmen”, step by step

Jungunternehmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German jung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanjungyoung
2GermanJungeboy; jack; inflection of Junges: ## strong...
3Middle High Germanjungyoung
4Old High Germanjungyoung
5Proto-West Germanicjungyoung
6Proto-Germanicjungazyoung
7Proto-Germanicjuwungaz
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyuwn̥kós
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂yuh₁en-young
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

via German unternehmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunternehmento undertake
2Germanunter-sub-, under-
3GermanUnterjack, knave
4Middle High Germanunder
5Old High Germanuntarunder
6Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey-