Where does “Verleumdung” come from?

Verleumdung (German) comes from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Verleumdung (German): defamation, calumny (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Definitions

  1. defamation, calumny (act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication)

Ancestry of “Verleumdung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
2Middle High German-ung—
3Old High German-unga-ing
4Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

Words derived from “Verleumdung”

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