Where does “Unabhängigkeitskrieg” come from?
Unabhängigkeitskrieg (German) comes from German Unabhängigkeit, from German Abhängigkeit, from German abhängig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
Unabhängigkeitskrieg (German): war of independence, revolutionary war
Definitions
- war of independence, revolutionary war
Ancestry of “Unabhängigkeitskrieg”, step by step
Unabhängigkeitskrieg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Unabhängigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unabhängigkeit | independence |
| 2 | German | Abhängigkeit | dependency; addiction |
| 3 | German | abhängig | dependent; addicted |
| 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 krieg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | krieg | singular imperative of kriegen |
| 2 | Middle High German | kriec | exertion; enmity; opposition |
| 3 | Old High German | krig | stubbornness; defiance |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | krīg | strife; struggle; fight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krīganą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷrihg(ʰ)-o- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |