Where does “Verrückter” come from?
Verrückter (German) comes from German verrückt, from German verrücken, from German rücken, from Middle High German rücken, from Old High German rucchen, from Proto-Germanic *rukkijan, from Proto-Germanic rukkijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Verrückter (German): crazy person, lunatic, maniac male or of unspecified gender
Definitions
- crazy person, lunatic, maniac male or of unspecified gender
Ancestry of “Verrückter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | verrückt | crazy, mad; inflection of verrücken: ##... |
| 2 | German | verrücken | to shift |
| 3 | German | rücken | to move, to push; to move over |
| 4 | Middle High German | rücken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rucchen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *rukkijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rukkijaną | to pull, to tug; to rock |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |