Where does “Tugend” come from?

Tugend (German) comes from Middle High German tugent, from Old High German tugund, from Proto-Germanic dugunþō, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Tugend (German): virtue

Definitions

  1. virtue

Ancestry of “Tugend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantugent—
2Old High Germantugundvirtue, power
3Proto-Germanicdugunþōability, usefulness, strength; virtue, strength...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Words derived from “Tugend”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dugunþō →Every word from Old High German tugund →
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