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Where does “jagdgerecht” come from?

jagdgerecht (German) comes from German Jagd, from Middle High German jagit, from Old High German jagōd, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

jagdgerecht (German): hunting-friendly

Definitions

  1. hunting-friendly

Ancestry of “jagdgerecht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJagdhunt, hunting
2Middle High Germanjagit—
3Old High Germanjagōd—
4Proto-West Germanicjagōþuhunt, hunting; chase, pursuit
5Proto-West Germanic-ōþu—
6Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
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