Where does “Ururgroßvater” come from?
Ururgroßvater (German) comes from German Urgroßvater, from German Großvater, from German groß, from English daddy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g — -y, -ic.
Ururgroßvater (German): great-great-grandfather
Definitions
- great-great-grandfather
Ancestry of “Ururgroßvater”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Urgroßvater | great-grandfather |
| 2 | German | Großvater | grandfather |
| 3 | German | groß | big, large, large-scale; great, grand; tall |
| 4 | English | daddy | Father; A male lover; An informal term of address... |
| 5 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 6 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 7 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |