Where does “spannungsvoll” come from?

spannungsvoll (German) comes from German Spannung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

spannungsvoll (German): intriguing, exciting, suspenseful

Definitions

  1. intriguing, exciting, suspenseful

Ancestry of “spannungsvoll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpannungvoltage; tension; suspense
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
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