Where does “experimentierfreudig” come from?

experimentierfreudig (German) comes from German freudig, 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.

experimentierfreudig (German): willing to experiment or try new things

Definitions

  1. willing to experiment or try new things

Ancestry of “experimentierfreudig”, step by step

experimentierfreudig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German freudig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfreudigjoyful, cheerful; joyfully, cheerfully
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 experimentieren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanexperimentierento experiment
2Latinexperimentare
3Latinexperimentodative singular of experīmentum; ablative...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r-Every word from German -igEvery word from Proto-Germanic jērą
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