An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Jugend

by Friedrich Kluge

Jugend, ‘period of youth, young people,’ from the equivalent Middle High German jugent(d), Old High German jugund, feminine; corresponding to Old Saxon juguð, Dutch jeugd, Anglo-Saxon geogoð, feminine, ‘youth, young troop,’ English youth (see Bursche, Frauenzimmer, and Imme); the common Teutonic abstract of jung (in Gothic jenda, ‘youth); Teutonic jugunþi- represents pre-Teutonic yuwenti- (compare Brücke).