Where does “Landsturm” come from?
Landsturm (German) comes from German land, from Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
Landsturm (German): Any of the final reserves of the armed forces in Prussia and later Germany, in Austria, or in Switzerland, generally made up of older people, sometimes constituted as a regular portion of the country's armed forces, sometimes irregular
Definitions
- Any of the final reserves of the armed forces in Prussia and later Germany, in Austria, or in Switzerland, generally made up of older people, sometimes constituted as a regular portion of the country's armed forces, sometimes irregular
Ancestry of “Landsturm”, step by step
Landsturm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.