Where does “Luftwaffenangehörige” come from?
Luftwaffenangehörige (German) comes from German Angehörige, from German angehörig, from German angehören, from German gehören, from Middle High German gehœren, from Old High German gihōrian, from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic gahauzijaną — whale, sea monster; abyss.
Luftwaffenangehörige (German): female air force member
Definitions
- female air force member
Ancestry of “Luftwaffenangehörige”, step by step
Luftwaffenangehörige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Angehörige
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Angehörige | female relative/next of kin/relation; female member of an organization: female national of a country |
| 2 | German | angehörig | affiliated; belonging |
| 3 | German | angehören | To belong to |
| 4 | German | gehören | to belong to, be the property of; to be a... |
| 5 | Middle High German | gehœren | listen to, obey |
| 6 | Old High German | gihōrian | to hearken to |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gahauʀijan | to listen |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gahauzijaną | to listen, hear |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 14 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via German Luftwaffe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Luftwaffe | airforce |
| 2 | German | luft | air, atmosphere |
| 3 | Middle High German | luft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | luft | air |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |