Where does “Wahnsinnsspaß” come from?
Wahnsinnsspaß (German) comes from German Wahnsinn, from German wahnsinnig, from German wahnwitzig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
Wahnsinnsspaß (German): a lot of fun; a blast
Definitions
- a lot of fun; a blast
Ancestry of “Wahnsinnsspaß”, step by step
Wahnsinnsspaß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wahnsinn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wahnsinn | insanity, madness; awesome!, man!, wicked! |
| 2 | German | wahnsinnig | mad, insane; incredible, unbelievable;... |
| 3 | German | wahnwitzig | absurd; insane |
| 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 Spaß
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spaß | fun; joke |
| 2 | German | Spasso | — |
| 3 | Italian | spasso | fun; leisure; walk |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | expassare | — |
| 5 | Latin | expandō | to spread something out |
| 6 | Latin | pandō | to spread or open (out), extend |
| 7 | Latin | pandus | bend, crooked, curved; bent, crooked |
| 8 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 9 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |