Where does “Selbstbefriedigung” come from?
Selbstbefriedigung (German) comes from German Befriedigung, from German befriedigen, from German -igen, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
Selbstbefriedigung (German): masturbation
Definitions
- masturbation
Ancestry of “Selbstbefriedigung”, step by step
Selbstbefriedigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Befriedigung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Befriedigung | satisfaction |
| 2 | German | befriedigen | to satisfy, to gratify, to please; to satisfy,... |
| 3 | German | -igen | A suffix forming verbs from nouns: to become... |
| 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 |