Where does “Paarungszeit” come from?

Paarungszeit (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.

Paarungszeit (German): mating season

Definitions

  1. mating season

Ancestry of “Paarungszeit”, step by step

Paarungszeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Paarung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPaarungmating, pairing
2Germanpaarento mate, to pair
3GermanBerndan anon
4GermanBernhardBernard
5Old High GermanBernhart—
6Old High Germanharthard
7Proto-West Germanichard(ī)hard
8Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
9Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
10Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via German Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert- →Every word from Proto-Germanic harduz →