Where does “verrückt” come from?
verrückt (German) comes from German verrücken, from German rücken, from Middle High German rücken, from Old High German rucchen, from Proto-Germanic *rukkijan, from Proto-Germanic rukkijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
verrückt (German): crazy, mad; inflection of verrücken: ##...
Definitions
- crazy, mad; inflection of verrücken: ##...
Ancestry of “verrückt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | verrücken | to shift |
| 2 | German | rücken | to move, to push; to move over |
| 3 | Middle High German | rücken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rucchen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *rukkijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rukkijaną | to pull, to tug; to rock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |