Where does “Rinderwahnsinn” come from?
Rinderwahnsinn (German) comes from German Wahnsinn, from German wahnsinnig, from German wahnwitzig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
Rinderwahnsinn (German): bovine spongiform encephalopathy, mad cow disease
Definitions
- bovine spongiform encephalopathy, mad cow disease
Ancestry of “Rinderwahnsinn”, step by step
Rinderwahnsinn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wahnsinn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wahnsinn | insanity, madness; awesome!, man!, wicked! |
| 2 | German | wahnsinnig | mad, insane; incredible, unbelievable;... |
| 3 | German | wahnwitzig | absurd; insane |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 6 | German | Jahr | year |
| 7 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German rind
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rind | cow, bull, ox, head of cattle any bovine animal |
| 2 | Old High German | rind | cattle |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hrinþ | head of cattle |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrinþaz | A horned beast, as in a neat or ox |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱrént-os ~ ḱrn̥t-és-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱerh₂- | head, top; horn |