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Where does “Schürzenjäger” come from?

Schürzenjäger (German) comes from German Jäger, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

Schürzenjäger (German): philanderer , skirt chaser, womanizer

Definitions

  1. philanderer , skirt chaser, womanizer

Ancestry of “Schürzenjäger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJägerhunter; fighter; light infantry
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āri—
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “Schürzenjäger”

  • šircenjeger
  • ширцењегер
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