Where does “Verbrecherjagd” come from?

Verbrecherjagd (German) comes from German Jagd, from Middle High German jagit, from Old High German jagōd, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Verbrecherjagd (German): manhunt organized search for a suspect

Definitions

  1. manhunt organized search for a suspect

Ancestry of “Verbrecherjagd”, step by step

Verbrecherjagd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Jagd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJagdhunt, hunting
2Middle High Germanjagit
3Old High Germanjagōd
4Proto-West Germanicjagōþuhunt, hunting; chase, pursuit
5Proto-West Germanic-ōþu
6Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German Verbrecher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerbrechercriminal
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -þuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu