Where does “Zugunruhe” come from?

Zugunruhe (German) comes from German Unruhe, from German un-, from Middle High German un-, from Old High German un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

Zugunruhe (German): zugunruhe anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the migration period

Definitions

  1. zugunruhe anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the migration period

Ancestry of “Zugunruhe”, step by step

Zugunruhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unruhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnruheturbulence, perturbation, moving more than...
2Germanun-un-; grave; bad; horrifying
3Middle High Germanun-—
4Old High Germanun-un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot

via German zug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzugprocession
2Middle High Germanzuc—
3Proto-Germanictugiza drawing, tug, pull
4Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

Words derived from “Zugunruhe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from German un- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →