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
- 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
| 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 unternehmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unternehmen | to undertake |
| 2 | German | unter- | sub-, under- |
| 3 | German | Unter | jack, knave |
| 4 | Middle High German | under | — |
| 5 | Old High German | untar | under |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |