Where does “Menschenjagd” come from?
Menschenjagd (German) comes from German Jagd, from Middle High German jagit, from Old High German jagōd, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Menschenjagd (German): a hunt or search for defenceless people (in order to kill, rape, enslave etc.), manhunt in this sense
Definitions
- a hunt or search for defenceless people (in order to kill, rape, enslave etc.), manhunt in this sense
Ancestry of “Menschenjagd”, step by step
Menschenjagd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Jagd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jagd | hunt, hunting |
| 2 | Middle High German | jagit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | jagōd | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |