Where does “gehirnamputiert” come from?

gehirnamputiert (German) comes from German Gehirn, from German ge-, from Middle High German ge-, from Old High German ga-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

gehirnamputiert (German): brainless, idiotic, utterly stupid both of people and actions/situations

Definitions

  1. brainless, idiotic, utterly stupid both of people and actions/situations

Ancestry of “gehirnamputiert”, step by step

gehirnamputiert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gehirn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGehirnbrain
2Germange-Forms collective nouns, almost always neuter...
3Middle High Germange-
4Old High Germanga-with
5Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
6Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt
10Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
11Old High Germankuti
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via German amputiert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanamputiert
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz