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Where does “Wanderungsbewegung” come from?

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

Wanderungsbewegung (German): migration

Definitions

  1. migration

Ancestry of “Wanderungsbewegung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWanderungjourney; walk, hike; migration
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
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