Where does “jugendlich” come from?

jugendlich (German) comes from German Jugend, from Middle High German jugent, from Old High German jugund, from Proto-West Germanic *jugunþi, from Proto-Germanic jugunþiz, from Proto-Germanic juwuniþō.

jugendlich (German): youthful

Definitions

  1. youthful

Ancestry of “jugendlich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJugendyouth
2Middle High Germanjugent—
3Old High Germanjugundyouth
4Proto-West Germanic*jugunþiyouth
5Proto-GermanicjugunþizThe state of being young; youth
6Proto-Germanicjuwuniþō—

Words derived from “jugendlich”

Every word from Proto-Germanic juwuniþō →