The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*jugunþō
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*juwunþa
- Old English · inherited fromġeoguþ“the state of being young; youth”
- Middle English · inherited fromyouthe
- English todayyouth
From Middle English youthe, youghte, ȝouþe, from Old English ġeoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from Proto-West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.