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Where does “rekordverdächtig” come from?

rekordverdächtig (German) comes from German -verdächtig, from German verdächtig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.

rekordverdächtig (German): possibly record-breaking

Definitions

  1. possibly record-breaking

Ancestry of “rekordverdächtig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German-verdächtigUsed to form adjectives from nouns, the...
2Germanverdächtigsuspicious, suspect
3German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
4German-jährigyears old; years lasting
5GermanJahryear
6Middle High Germanjāryear
7Old High Germanjāryear
8Proto-West Germanicjāryear
9Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →