Where does “begriffsstutzig” come from?

begriffsstutzig (German) comes from German stutzig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą — year.

begriffsstutzig (German): dense, slow, simple, obtuse, stupid

Definitions

  1. dense, slow, simple, obtuse, stupid

Ancestry of “begriffsstutzig”, step by step

begriffsstutzig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stutzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstutzigperplexed, suspicious
2German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
3German-jährigyears old; years lasting
4GermanJahryear
5Middle High Germanjāryear
6Old High Germanjāryear
7Proto-West Germanicjāryear
8Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via German Begriff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBegriffterm, word; idea, conception, perception,...
2Middle High Germanbegrifregion, area
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r-