Where does “Paarungsspiel” come from?
Paarungsspiel (German) comes from German Paarung, from German paaren, from German Bernd, from German Bernhard, from Old High German Bernhart, from Old High German hart, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz — to travel, tour.
Paarungsspiel (German): courtship display
Definitions
- courtship display
Ancestry of “Paarungsspiel”, step by step
Paarungsspiel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Paarung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Paarung | mating, pairing |
| 2 | German | paaren | to mate, to pair |
| 3 | German | Bernd | an anon |
| 4 | German | Bernhard | Bernard |
| 5 | Old High German | Bernhart | — |
| 6 | Old High German | hart | hard |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hard(ī) | hard |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |