Where does “Ruhmsucht” come from?

Ruhmsucht (German) comes from German Sücht, from Middle High German suht, from Old High German suht, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Ruhmsucht (German): thirst for glory

Definitions

  1. thirst for glory

Ancestry of “Ruhmsucht”, step by step

Ruhmsucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sücht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSüchtaddiction
2Middle High Germansuht—
3Old High Germansuht—
4Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
5Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via German Ruhm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRuhmfame
2Middle High Germanruom—
3Old High Germanruomfame, glory
4Proto-West Germanichrōmifame
5Proto-Germanichrōmizfame
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic suhtiz →