Where does “dreißigjährig” come from?

dreißigjährig (German) comes from German dreißig, from Middle High German drīzic, from Old High German drīzzug, from Proto-Germanic þrīz tigiwiz — thirty.

dreißigjährig (German): thirty-year; thirty-year-old

Definitions

  1. thirty-year; thirty-year-old

Ancestry of “dreißigjährig”, step by step

dreißigjährig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dreißig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandreißigthirty
2Middle High Germandrīzic—
3Old High Germandrīzzug—
4Proto-Germanicþrīz tigiwizthirty

via German jahr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanjahryear solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun
Every word from Proto-Germanic þrīz tigiwiz →Every word from Old High German drīzzug →Every word from Middle High German drīzic →