Where does “Jungzwiebel” come from?

Jungzwiebel (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.

Jungzwiebel (German): spring onion

Definitions

  1. spring onion

Ancestry of “Jungzwiebel”, step by step

Jungzwiebel 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 Zwiebel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZwiebelonion; bulb
2Middle High Germanzwîbel
3Old High Germanzwibolloonion
4Latincēpullaonion-bed, onion-field
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey-